Search Results: lord of the rings by tolkien

Good- Mass Market Paperback The famed Ballantine Paperback that in true righteous manner replaced the Ace pirate edition and made the Lord of the Rings in every "Hippies" bookshelf (For the record "Hippies" and I was one, did not like that title to paint young people into a corner) This has a rub a small piecw off the top left missing. Tight binding NOT a library copy NO writing in the 447 pages. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scan.

Ace, 1965. 3rd Printing 1966. paperback. Acceptable. 7x1x5. Unmarked worn paperback, Stain on edge. Small close tear on page 443-444.

Ace Books, 1965. Softcover. Fair Condition. Size: Mass Market Paperback. Heavy creasing and wear to the covers and spine, bent corners to the back. The pages are discolored with age; first page coming loose else a reading copy. No date or other printing information, this is the hard to find unauthorized Ace edition from the 1960s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Vintage Paperbacks; Inventory No: 212503. .

New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. First US Edition/1st Printing. Paperback. Good/N/A. A First Printing set stated of the first authorized pocketbook editions of The Lord of the Rings following the pirate editions by Ace. The Fellowship of the Rings has creasing to spine with diagonal split at middle of same, short tear to top of rear cover, crease to top rear corner and general edgewear and rubbing/scuffing with a few marks/spots and some flakes to spine ends. Tanning to inside covers and a lesser extent text block. No writing and binding solid - Fair. The Two Towers has creasing to three corners and spine. Small stain to top of front cover, flake to head of spine and general edgewear with rubbing/scuffing. Tanning to inside covers and a lesser extent text block. No writing and binding solid - Good. The return of the King has some flakes to spine ends, crease to top front corner, edgewear and rubbing/scuffing. Tanning to inside covers and a lesser extent text block. No writing and binding solid - Good.

Ace 3 book set, UNAUTHORIZED or PIRATED edition published before the Ballantine editions, browning pages, soiled yellow printers ink on edges, tears/nicks/creases/bumped/& worn edges/corners/& head-heel of spine, Vol. 1 (A-4) is very poor with red cover & broken spine at back & several sections that have been reglued with edges worn & uneven with worn spine edges // Vol. 2 (A-5) is good+ with yellow cover & faded spine // Vol. 3 (A-6) is poor with blue cover & numerous nicks and tears on worn uneven edges plus a reglued section at back. We do not break sets but please e-mail as we may have an individual copy. Extra postage for multiple books is included in price.. Pre-1965. Mass Market Paperback. Very Poor to Good. Illus. by Gaughan, Jack.

* * THE LORD OF THE RINGS * *THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS and THE RETURN OF THE KING, Ace, 1965, each a first soft-cover edition, vg to near fine full color pictorial wraps with the cover art and title page by multi-Hugo award winning artist Jack Gaughan. An INTERNATIONAL FANTASY AWARD winner. This controversial edition was published during a copyright snafu which not only allowed its existence but was also instrumental in the author producing a revised edition. All 3 volumes---- 

Ace Books, 1965. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Published without Tolkien's blessing, these unauthorized Ace editions were soon afterwards discontinued, making them exceedingly rare. Includes The Fellowship of the Ring (A-4), The Two Towers (A-5), and The Return of the King (A-6).? Ace tried to be cheeky and capitalize on what they thought was a big enough loop-hole and publish the breakout series themselves, without paying Tolkien royalties for doing so... which as you can imagine, didn’t exactly go as planned. They pulled their editions from the market quickly, making these incredibly difficult to come by. Since these were the first widely available copies of the trilogy, they’re generally all in rough shape from being heavily read, making the nicer ones even more desirable.? All interior pages are clean and unmarked aside from the number "4" written in green marker on first free paper of… Read More

NY: Ballantine, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Original or early paperback editions uniformly custom-bound in blue leather with silver titles on the spine, with the invoice for rebinding in French and English from an unidentified Saigon bookbinder circa late 1960s. HOBBIT is stated fifth Ballantine paperback printing Dec 1965. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Part I of THE LORD OF THE RINGS) is the first Ballantine paperback edition Dec 1965; TWO TOWERS (Part II) is the unauthorized Ace paperback edition; and, RETURN OF THE KING (Part III) is the first Ballantine paperback edition Dec 1965. There is an owner name in the prelims of each volume, and the leaves are toned as expected in "pulps" of this nature. The covers are NOT bound-in. The hinges of the covers are variously revealed, and the corners worn a tad. Curiously, the binder, erred in numbering the Parts of Lord of the Rings on the spine, assigning III to Hobbit and leaving Fellowship of the Ring unnumbered, instead of III. One-of-a-kind Tolkien set… Read More

Ace,, 1965.. Mass Market Paperback. Collectable, good. Three volume set, mass market paperbacks, illegal 1965 Ace Books edition, Ace-4, 5, and 6; red, yellow, and blue covers, each in apparently original clear mylar sleeve, all in like new red custom light-weight cardboard slipcase. Condition is rated only "good" because "Fellowship" mylar sleeve has, over the years, adhered to the spine and an inch of the rear cover along the spine; otherwise set is in Very Good condition. OVERALL: covers and page edges have very slight wear, pages a little tanned due to age, bindings are sound but due to age the binding glue may be weak so books should be opened gently; no marks or writing; mylar sleeves show no wear. FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: mylar sleeve has adhered to cover as already mentioned; this is not visible but prevents the sleeve from being removed; sleeve has also caused a tanned stripe on the inside of the front cover along the edge of the sleeve. TWO TOWERS: mylar sleeve has… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., [1965]. Three volumes. 8vo. 423, [1]; 352; 416 pp., w/ maps (3 large folding, 1 at end of each vol.). Uniformly bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering front covers & spines (minor shelfwear, minor thumbing to fore-edges), w/ d.j.s. cover art by Walter Lorraine (minor edgewear, darkening to spines, minor closed tears on vols. I & III on spines, ghosting of old tape repairs on versos), still VG/VG- set, all preserving $ 5.95 price on front flaps, preserved in open-backed slipcase. First American edition, 14th printing of vol. I, 11th printings of Vols. II & III, of Tolkien’s gound breaking fantasy classic which was originally published successively in England by George Allen & Unwin from 1954-1955, with sheets imported to the United States for use by Houghton Mifflin for the American editions. Due to the copyright controversy spawned by the tremendously successful Ace paperback edition launched by Donald Wollheim in 1965 which went onto sell 100,000 copies, this edition… Read More