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NEW YORK 鈥� An upcoming edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's 鈥淭he Lord of the Rings鈥� trilogy will include paintings, drawings and other illustrations by the British author for the first time since it was published in the mid-1950s.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Thursday that the new version will come out Oct. 19. Deb Brody, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's vice-president and publisher, noted that Tolkien was already known for his illustrations which appeared in 鈥淭he Hobbit" and that his artwork for 鈥淭he Lord of the Rings鈥� had been exhibited in 2018 in New York, Paris and in Oxford, England.

鈥榊et the author himself was characteristically modest, dismissive of the obvious and rare artistic talent he possessed despite having had no formal training," Brody said in a statement. 鈥淭his modesty meant that relatively little else of his artwork was known of or seen during his lifetime, and generally only in scholarly books afterwards.鈥�

鈥淭he Lord of the Rings鈥� books, which include 鈥淭he Fellowship of the Ring,鈥� 鈥淭he Two Towers鈥� and 鈥淭he Return of the King,鈥� are among the bestselling fantasy novels in history. They were adapted into a blockbuster trilogy of films by director Peter Jackson.

The Associated Press