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Publication: Bored of the Rings

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  • Publication: Bored of the RingsPublication Record # 263129
  • Authors: Henry N. Beard, Douglas C. Kenney
  • Date: date unknown
  • Catalog ID: Y5588
  • Publisher: Signet
  • Price:
    $1.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 160
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Bored of the Rings (1969) • by Michael K. Frith
  • Webpages: archive.org-1, archive.org-2
  • Notes:
  • Stated 11th printing as per number line.
  • The authors Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney are credited on the title page with the byline "of the Harvard Lampoon." The front cover says "by the Harvard Lampoon" and on the spine the credit is "Harvard Lampoon."
  • This publication contains supporting material that is not part of the main story but is also unlikely to be published separately from the story.
    • Page v – A page titled "Other Harvard Lampoon Parodies in the Great Books Series" that looks like a list of books but is entirely fiction.
    • Pages vi and vii – An untitled map.
    • Pages ix and x – An untitled shortfiction work.
    • Pages xiii to xiv – An essay titled Foreword
    • Pages xv to xxii – An essay titled Prologue – Concerning Boggies
    • Pages 23 to 160 – The body of the story. Note that the Arabic Numbering continues the Roman Numerals numbering, it does not reset to 1.
    • Illustration on Page 81 is of an Engraved Oath so is mainly text.
  • Except for price and number the cover image shown is the same.
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