The first volume came out in 1954, the last volume in 1955. Due to paper shortages after the war, it had to be broken out into three volumes. Tolkien always intended it to be a single volume broken into 6 books.
The first volume, "The Fellowship of the Ring" with two books, was first published on 29 July 1954 in the UK. The second volume, "The Two Towers" with the second two books, was first published on 11 November 1954 in the UK. Volume three, "The Return of the King" with the last two books and the appendices was first published on 20 October 1955 in the UK.
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The first volume came out in 1954, the last volume in 1955. Due to paper shortages after the war, it had to be broken out into three volumes. Tolkien always intended it to be a single volume broken into 6 books.
The first volume, "The Fellowship of the Ring" with two books, was first published on 29 July 1954 in the UK. The second volume, "The Two Towers" with the second two books, was first published on 11 November 1954 in the UK. Volume three, "The Return of the King" with the last two books and the appendices was first published on 20 October 1955 in the UK.
The volumes of Lord of the Rings were first published in July 1954 with the first book. The second book was published on November 11th, 1954. Then the 3rd one was published on October 20th, 1955.
The Hobbit is set about 60 years before most of the events in The Lord of the Rings.The Hobbit was published in 1937. The Lord of the Rings did not come out for over 20 years after that. It took Tolkien a long time to write the follow up.
The first volume of The Lord of the Rings was published in 1954.
The first ever Lord of the Rings movie was The Lord of the Rings (1978), but of the trilogy starting in 2001, the first movie was called The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Note: The Lord of the Rings is a single book. It is not a trilogy and not a series. It was merely published in three parts/volumes, which are named: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.