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'''The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)''' was published  October 21st, [[2004]] by [[Houghton Mifflin]].
'''''The Lord of the Rings'' (50th Anniversary Edition)''' was published  October 21st, [[2004]] by [[Houghton Mifflin]].


==Features==
==Features==
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==Changes to the text==
==Changes to the text==
:''Coming soon''
;[[The Lord of the Rings Prologue|Prologue]]:
*Several dates in the [[Appendix B|Tale of Years]] have been corrected.
:*[[Bandobras Took]] now is the grandson of [[Isengrim Took II]] according to [[Appendix C]].
:*The [[Westmarch]] was added to the Shire in {{SR|1452}} according to [[Appendix B]].
;[[Appendix A]]:
:*Haudh en Gwanur becomes [[Haudh in Gwanûr]].
;Several dates in the [[Appendix B|Tale of Years]]:
:*[[Silmariën]]'s birth: from {{SA|548}} to {{SA|521}}.
:*The events of {{TA|2852}}, like the death of the [[Dead Tree]], have been corrected to {{TA|2872}}.
:*[[Sam Gamgee]]'s birth: from {{TA|2983}} to {{TA|2980}}
:*The [[Mirror of Galadriel]] sequence happened on [[15 February]] intead of [[16 February|16]].
;[[Appendix C]] is appended with two more Family Trees from ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'':
:*[[Bolger Family#Bolger Family Tree|Bolger of Budgeford]]
:*[[Boffin Family#Boffin Family Tree|Boffin of the Yale]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==


*[http://mysite.verizon.net/wghammond/addenda/rings.html Addenda and Corrigenda to the 50th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings]
*[http://mysite.verizon.net/wghammond/addenda/rings.html Addenda and Corrigenda to the 50th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings]
 
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The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)
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AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
ReleasedOctober 21st, 2004
FormatHardcover
Pages1184
ISBN978-0618517657

The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition) was published October 21st, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin.

Features

  • Leather Bound
  • Slipcase
  • Gilded pages
  • Two fold-out maps
  • Ribbon bookmark
  • Colored inserts of the Book of Mazarbul by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Dimensions 15.7 x 10 x 2.7 inches
  • Weight 4.6 pounds

Changes to the text

Prologue
Appendix A
Several dates in the Tale of Years
Appendix C is appended with two more Family Trees from The Peoples of Middle-earth
"...there is much else that may be told." — Glóin
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