NMLP P-012802 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Return of the Shadow (HoME vol. 6)

J.R.R. Tolkien · Unwin Hyman · 1988

UK Unwin Hyman edition is the true first; the US Houghton Mifflin edition followed in October 1988.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-012802 for "The Return of the Shadow (HoME vol. 6)" by J.R.R. Tolkien (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012802, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).