Edition: 1994 Houghton Mifflin collection of Lord of the Rings trilogy, includes: The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King The Hobbit: 1997 Houghton Mifflin Condition & Characteristics: Very minor shelf wear. Excellent condition/like new *The text of this edition of The Fellowship of the Ring contains all corrections and revisions that have been made since the original publication Description: The Lord of the Rings series is an epic high fantasy trilogy written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work which formed the basis for the extended Middle-Earth Universe. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II. It is the third best-selling novel ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.