The Lord Of the Rings

An extremely presentable set of the true (UK) First Editions, First State, each in highly desirable dust jackets. All points of issue present. Presented in exquisite custom collectors clamshell boxes artistically reproducing in color the design of the dust jackets. An extraordinary presentation of these landmark titles, priced accordingly.

FIRST EDITIONS. This is a very attractive set of the celebrated Lord of the Rings trilogy. The size of the edition was small: The Fellowship of the Ring (3000 copies), The Two Towers (3250 copies), and The Return of the King (7000 copies). WITH AN INSCRIPTION BY TOLKIEN. Mounted at the front is a leaf inscribed by Tolkien: "For Mr Hal… Read more

London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1957. First Edition, Early Impressions. Full leather. Near fine. Signed by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, bound in full red morocco by The Chelsea Bindery. This set is signed by the author in The Fellowship of the Ring, the seventh impression, from 1957. The Two Towers is a fifth… Read more

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 1954, 1954, 1955. Pp. 424; 352; 416. First edition, first printings, the third volume with signature mark present and lines of type sagging on page 49 (designated by Hammond as a first state in his bibliography, but later revised by him to second state.) Bound in publisher's… Read more

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1954, 1955, 1956. First American Editions. All three volumes are very good or better in very good dust jackets with some wear and staining. A neat slice in the front panel of one volume, previously repaired on the blind side with tape, has been properly mended. In a custom clamshell box.

Slipcased. The fantasy trilogy sequel the The Hobbit. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Fellowship of the Rings, ""First published in 1954"" stated ; The Two Towers, ""First published in 1954"" stated; and The Return of the King, ""First published in 1955"" stated. All three volumes rebound in magnificent full red Morocco (goatskin leather) binding, with lettering on spine in… Read more

Folio Edition. All vols., handwritten, numbered limited edition 861/1750. Quarter leather in wassa goatskin with handwoven India silk sides. Matching leather slipcases, titles designed by calligrapher John Andrew. text block top edges gilt with ribbon place markers (except for The Silmarillion). Very heavy set - additional postage may be required. . Mint. Hardcover. Limited Edition.

London: George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1962. First Edition, Later Printings. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, 12th, 9th and 9th impressions. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spines stamped in gilt, with folding maps at rear of each volume illustrated by Christopher Tolkien. Near Fine with toning to spine on two volumes, light shelf wear, bumped corners,… Read more

0 First Edition set from 1959, Published by George, Allen & Unwin, London. All maps present at rear. All in their matching and correct impression dustjackets. Protected in archive covers. 'Fellowship Of The Ring' 8th impression. Clean and bright condition. No marks or inscriptions. Small Owner's sticker to top of ffep. Dustjacket has old tape strengthening and repair marks.… Read more

BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS, U.S.A.: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1965. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2ND EDITION REVISED BOX SET. 1965. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING; FIRST PRINTING. THE TWO TOWERS; FIRST PRINTING. THE RETURN OF THE KING; FIRST PRINTING. FINE BLACK CLOTH HARDBOUNDS WITH GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED DESIGN/TITLE FEATURING THE EYE… Read more

George Allen & Unwin, London., 1959. Eighth, seventh and sixth printings, respectively. Octavo. Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. Slight bumping to ends of spine. A near-fine set in very good indeed dustwrappers a bit tanned at the spines. Very attractive set.

First Editions, later impressions. 1963, 1962, 1962. 8 vo. Publishers read cloth covered boards, top edges-stained red. Set of three are as follows. The Fellowship of the Ring.First edition thirteenth impression, 1963 spine ends pushed, corners bumped with few wrinkles to cloth of top board, small book dealers label for Bowes and Bowes, Trinity Street, Cambridge affixed to front pastedown of… Read more

Cape, 1961. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine black boards with the famous skeleton hand motif, nice square binding, very clean pages with no foxing, small vertical crease on two central leaves, very slight flecking on top block. In a fine dustjacket displaying the Richard Chopping artwork, not price-clipped, no browning to the spine as is often found, a smidgen… Read more

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. B00BFNNYAO . Complete in three volumes. With a new foreword by the author. Each volume is a stated first printing of the second edition, revised. Fold-out map is present at the rear of each volume. Each volume is near fine in a… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1954-1956. Three volumes. First US editions, later printing of The Fellowship of the Ring, later printing of The Two Towers, first printing of The Return of the King, with the terminal fold-out maps tipped in to each volume. Publisher's blue cloth, spines and covers lettered in gilt; in the original pictorial dust jackets, with illustrations… Read more

New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 2002. These are 3 heavy books. 11 lbs boxed, not counting shipping container.. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition First Printing. A Hardbound Book, Boxed. Very Fine/New/Very Fine/New. Illus. by Alan Lee. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Trade Book Not Price Clipped.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin All jackets by Walter Lorraine. These are rarely seen anymore and were on the first printing of all 3. They show the title surrounded by two gnarly trees with characters and animals from the saga in the trees. The condition of these three books are remarkably high. The Fellowship is the 16th printing with… Read more

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, c. 1974. Second American editions; later printings. All three volumes are bound in matching 3/4 blue morocco and cloth; raised bands; simple gilt decoration and lettering; top edges gilt. Owner’s name on the first blank of each volume; one volume stained on the back cover cloth; a very good set.

George Allen & Unwin, 1966. ~Date range 1965-6. off-white colour dustwrappers slighlty browned and water-stained on spines but unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeves. The same old owner's signature to each front endpage. Date in ink to top title-page of vol.1 only.. Red cloth gilt in bright fresh unfaded condition. Top edges red, unfaded, vol.3 (1965) a slighter… Read more

Houghton Mifflin, 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1974-11-01. Collectors. Imitation Leather. Used:Good.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1965 Three volume "Lord of the Rings" first edition set. The Fellowship of the Ring is a 1965 fourteenth impression. The Two Towers is a 1965 eleventh impression and The Return of the King is a 1965 eleventh impression. 8vos. Bright red cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Top page edges stained dark red.… Read more

Hardcover. Very Good. clean well kept set with age wear, some sunning to dust jackets plus the pages but no markings. Price tags unclipped, all the maps on all the books still attached.

Allen & Unwin, 1968/1971. Sixth impression/Third impression. Hardcover. Good/Good. GC plus. George Allen and Unwin, 1968/1971. Revised Second edition. The Fellowship of the Ring- 1971, Sixth impression.. The Two Towers.- 1971, Sixth impression. The Return of the King- 1968, Third Impression. Red hardbacks for books 1 and 2 (gilt lettering to the spine, watermarks and stains on the… 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… Read more

Holland: Limited Editions Club. FINE set, in slipcases. Iliad in red cloth, Odyssey in blue.. 1931. Limited ed. Hardcover.. FINE books in slipcase. TEG. Both numbered 624 and both designed and SIGNED by J. van Krimpen. 12"x8", 548,706pp. . Bright gilt spine lettering in both, tho both spines lightly & equally sunned. Iliad spine heel with a short, shallow wrinkle.… Read more

USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author. 4th Printing 3 Copyright date is 1965, 1.) The Fellowship of the Ring is a 5th Printing, 2.) The Two Towers is a fourth printing,3.) The Return of the King is an fourth printing. All three volumes are near… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. A beautiful early edition of this set! Books are boxed in a VG+ condition (top of box is very slightly faded) black slipcase with red paste-on set name on the side. Volume I is The Fellowship of the Ring, "Revised Edition" (front dj), "Second Edition" (title page), " Fourth Printing" (copyright page) with light… Read more

HarperCollins, London, 2002 An exceptional copy of the Deluxe Limited Edition, SIGNED by Royd Tolkien, a great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien. Dated October 2002 and inscribed: "Lovely to meet you in the tree-tops of Las Vegas!" This is the 2002 fourth printing of the 1997 Deluxe Limited Edition. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt front board decoration, black leather-covered spine, gilt spine lettering,… Read more

Norwalk: Easton Press [1984]. (Hardcover set) Fine. 423, 352, 440pp. 3 volumes in gilt decorated green leather. All edges gilt, ribbon markers, frontispieces, folding maps, appendices, chronology, genealogical tables, index. Previous owner's Easton bookplates. Frontispiece by Michael Hague. Vol. 1 The Fellowship of the Ring. Vol. 2 The Two Towers. Vol. 3 The Return of… Read more

Norwalk: Easton, 1984. hardcover. near fine. Three volumes. Each volume has a color frontis by Michael Hague, and a folding map of Middle Earth. 8vo, gilt-decorated green leather, a.e.g.; a couple of minor spots of scuffing to the cover of The Return of the King and a few small scratches to gilt edges. Norwalk: The Easton Press, (1984).… Read more

Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated Second Edition in each book. Revised Edition. The Fellowship of the Rings is ISBN: 0395082544 and the copyright number line reads: W 20 19 18 17 16 15 14. The Two Towers is ISBN: 0395082552 and the copyright number line reads: W 20 19 18 17 16… Read more

Great Britain: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1969. Book. Very Good - (Book condition). Hardcover. First Thus. First India paper edition. A nice copy with some discolouration to bottom edge and smudge to gold illustration on cover. Back hinge starting. Map present and in fine condition..

Allen & Unwin, 1967. Three Volumes. All second impressions of the second edition & published in 1967. Red boards with gilt titles & ring motiff to spine. Red textblock topedge. Dark grey/green dustwrappers. A near fine set. All books have lovely fresh boards with no marks. Very bright gilt. It is an original set not a marriage of odd… Read more

Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Three volumes, black cloth with illustrated fronts, with Dust Jackets (beneath mylar) designed by Robert Quackenbush. Part I: The Fellowship of the Rings. (2d, Revised) New Foreword by author. Black cloth, ornate bright orange illustration embossed and set in front--the Eye of Sauron? 423 pages plus large, fold-out map on heavier paper, gilt fine on spine.… Read more

Dust Jackets by Walter Lorraine. Fldg maps in all three volumes, (vols I & II have identical maps)

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1984. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavos, [23cm/9inches], full gilt-embossed Sherwood-green calf sans dust jackets. Two folded maps included Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J.… Read more

Easton Press, 1984-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. 5.6299 10.1969 7.4016. 3-volume set. Full leather covers with gilt decoration and raised bands, decorative endpapers, all edges gilt, satin-ribbon bookmarks. A set in near fine condition.

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1984. Book. Very Good +. Full-Leather. All volumes square solid tight copies. Bound in full leather, gold inlay to boards and spines, gold tipped text blocks, sewn in markers. All copies have some light rubbing wear, some scuffing to edges of the text blocks. Over-all nice set, not perfect however. THIS BOOK IS IN MY POSSESSION AND… Read more

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. An extremely smart copy of this uncommon first omnibus edition of J.R.R Tolkien's classic novel series 'The Lord of the Rings'. Comprising 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King'. Here issued in one volume. With… Read more

George Allen and Unwin, 1984. First edition-ninth impression of this special slipcase edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Near fine/VGC.George Allen and Unwin,1984.First edition-ninth impression of this special slipcase edition.Black hardback(gilt illustration on the front cover,gilt lettering to the spine,a couple of small marks on the front and back cover) in near fine condition, with original slipcase(some small dents,nicks,ink marks,small… Read more

Houghton Mifflin, 1974. Hardcover. Fine.

London: Folio Society, 1979. Boxed set of the illustrated edition first published by Folio Society in 1977. Three volumes all in fine condition. Box is slightly worn. Decorated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Grey cloth with gilt decoration on front and spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Spines are slightly worn with lettering faded on Vol.2.. Second Impression 1979. Quarter Leather.… Read more

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1973 . Revised Edition, Later Printings. 3 vols, 8vo; folding maps. Original red cloth, titles to spines gilt, red topstain. With the dust jackets. Traces of small stickers removed from front free endpapers, scuff to the spine of one jacket but an excellent set. Tolkien was an inveterate textual tinkerer,… Read more

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. Second edition, second impressions. Some general wear to jackets, some tanning, rubbing and chipping, vol 1 jacket has slightly more wear with a 1 inch tear at head of spine and slightly more tanning. Light wear to spine ends, closed edges very lightly foxed, contents clean and tidy, all with folded maps to rear..… Read more

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1969 This is the first edition on India paper. 1191pp. 2 large folding maps. This is a near fine copy of the De Luxe India Paper Edition, black cloth with gilt and green design to front board. The Spine is faded to charcoal from the bright black of the boards, gilt titles bright and… Read more

George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1973. 3 VOLUME SET OF REVISED SECOND EDITION, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red, decorated title pages, 352pp-440pp, folding maps to rear of each vol, VG (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light discolouration to boards, light tanning to page edges, owner's name stamp in ink… Read more

London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd, 1968. Second Edition, Revised. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean set of varying impressions of the Second Edition, revised which was first issued in 1966. The dustjacket of The Fellowship of the Ring is quite tatty, having separated at the fold of the spine with an old… Read more

Harper Collins, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Lee, Alan. ~~Complete 3 volume set~~Volume 1 'Fellowship of the Ring' is VG-/Good+ (a little corner and edge-wear to DJ, mild corner bumps). Volume 2 (Good+/VG, some water-related waviness to upper edge of pages) and Volume 3 (Good/Good ex-library hardback with white label to fly-leaf and… Read more

London: George Allen & Unwin. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1984. Later Edition. Later Impression. Hardback. A fine book. This being the deluxe India paper issue. The ninth impression (1984) of the deluxe edition first published in 1969. I'm fairly confident that the 1984 issue was offered with a tissue jacket, which is absent here. The book is in excellent… Read more