The Lord Of the Rings

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954-5. A set of first edition, first printings published by George Allen and Unwin between 1954-55. Comprising: [1] The Fellowship of the Ring - A near fine book without inscriptions. Some light spotting and a little off-setting to the endpapers. Top stain still present. Sharp corners to the book. A little light fading to the top edge. map present and in lovely condition. A very good+ unclipped wrapper with one small chip to the foot of the spine and a minute chip close to this. A little light chipping to the head of the lightly browned spine. Some light loss to the corners. [2] The Two Towers - A near fine book without inscriptions, some light off-setting to the endpapers. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with some light browning to the spine and some light circular splash stains to the spine. Some light chipping to the spine tail and a little to corners. Map present and showing well. [3] The Return of the King - A near fine book without inscriptions - a little off-setting and spotting to the endpapers. Map intact and showing well. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with a little browning to the spine and shallow chipping to the spine tail. Many sets offered have been 'cleaned' or restored - this set is entirely unrestored and presents very well indeed. Tolkien's rare trilogy.

London: George Allen and Unwin,, 1954-5. 3 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red. With the dust jackets. Folding maps by Christopher Tolkien at end of each volume, map entitled "A Part of The Shire" in The Fellowship of the Ring. Spines minimally cocked, slight rubbing to extremities, faint marks to top edges, small mark to fore edge of The Return of the King, light offsetting to endpapers; a very good copy in the faintly soiled jackets with browning to spines, edges, and head of front panel of The Return of the King, slight nicks to spine and fold ends, and a short closed tear to foot of front panel of The Return of the King. First editions, first impressions. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most popular works of literature in the 20th century, containing richly rendered detail of a new mythological world, not yet surpassed. The Return of the King is in the following production variant states: the third state variant with broken type and signature 4 on p. 49 (previously identified by Hammond as the first state); the second state variant of p. 281 with no gap in the middle of "Men" on the final line, and the second state dust jacket variant with reviews of the first two books to the rear flap. The textual variants within the first impression, and the priorities assigned to them, are of manufacture only; they would have been published simultaneously.

London: George Allen and Unwin,, 1954-5. 3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, "Eye of Sauron" to front boards gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a matching leather entry slipcase. Each volume has a map illustrated by the Author. A fine set. First editions, first impressions. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most influential literary works of the century. Its first reception was mixed: favourable and perceptive reviews from C. S. Lewis and from W. H. Auden, who had attended Tolkien's Oxford lectures, were countered by others who were hostile, sometimes bitterly so. But the trilogy went on to astonishing sales and forged a major change in public literary taste. "Heroic fantasy" has since become one of the most commercially successful literary genres, having a transforming impact upon the entertainment industry, from electronic games to movies.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954-1956. First American Editions. First Printings (1,500, 1,000, and 5,000 copies respectively, bound from British sheets). Three octavo volumes (22.75cm); turquoise cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spines and front covers; yellow topstains; dustjackets; [7],8-423; [8],9-352; [10],416pp + illustrated fold-out maps tipped onto rear pastedown of each volume. Fellowship: Hint of sunning to spine, upper board corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with date of "1.1.55" written in a tiny hand at lower edge of rear pastedown; Very Good+. In the correct first printing dustjacket, unpriced, with the ascender clipped on the 'd' in 'Frodo' on the tenth line on the rear flap, the following 'o' not nicked, and the lower edge of Tolkien's photograph on the rear panel cut straight across (not 'V' shaped); gentle sunning to spine, rear panel slightly dusty, with a few small nicks and short tears; an unrestored, Very Good+ or better example. Two Towers: Hint of sunning to spine, mild wear to heel, with some faint, scattered foxing to pastedowns (though fresh internally); Near Fine. In the correct first printing dustjacket, priced $5.00, with the "stripe" at upper and lower edges of front panel, and the notch in the 'r' of 'Towers;' light wear to extremities and front flap fold, with a few tiny nicks and short tears, and scattered foxing evident on verso; Very Good+. Return: Single, shallow bump to upper edge of rear board, else fresh and Fine. In the first printing dustjacket, unclipped (priced $5.00, with oversized 5 present), with two tiny nicks to upper edge and a handful of small edge tears; Near Fine. A uniformly attractive, unrestored set of Tolkien's beloved fantasy novel, basis for Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning trilogy of films. The first American printings of each title were produced in notably smaller numbers than their UK counterparts (3,000, 3,250, and 7,000 copies respectively), and attractive sets in the correct dustjackets are quite desirable. Hammond A5.b.i-iii.

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.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 3 vols. Fine in fine dustjackets (original format). 5th impression of the Fellowship (1956) in a 5th impression dustjacket. 4th impression of the Two Towers (1956) in a 3rd impression dustjacket. 2nd impression of the Return (1955) in a 2nd impression dustjacket.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1954-1955-1956.. First American editions; first printings. . publisher's cloth in dust jackets.. The Fellowship of the Ring has some very light spots of foxing to endsheets; the map attached to the rear pastedown is in fine condition; otherwise a fine copy with a tiny nick to the front panel, a few splashes to the top edge of the text block, and a little fading to the gold lettering on the spine. The jacket is faded at the spine with a few areas of light chipping and wear to the extremities of the spine and the right lower corner of the front panel. The Two Towers: a very near fine copy with the attached map in fine condition. The jacket is faded at the spine and has very minor use at the extremities of the spine. The Return of the King: a fine copy with the map in fine condition; in a bright, near fine jacket with the slightest of rubbing to the extremities of the spine and a short closed tear to the bottom right corner of the front panel. . 8vo,. The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers are 1st printings in presumed later states the dust jackets. The Return of the King is a first printing in a first state dust jacket.

A complete set of first editions of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring: First edition, fifth impression (George Allen and Unwin, 1956) in sixth impression dust jacket. Originally published just over two years earlier in July 1954. A little pushing to spine tips; offsetting to endpapers with light spotting to fore-edge. Boards nice and clean, rear map still intact and red top-stain bright and nicely preserved - near fine. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and has nice and clean spine panel with barely any toning; extremities a little rubbed in places; blue mark to upper panel. Near fine overall. The Two Towers: First edition, fourth impression (George Allen and Unwin, 1956) in third impression dust jacket. Originally published two years earlier in 1954. Some pushing to spine foot; offsetting to endpapers with a superficial scratch to lower board and faint spotting to fore-edge; rear map still intact; red top-stain just a little darkened with a small patch of light fading, but still nicely preserved. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is very clean and well-preserved. Barely any toning to spine panel with a little and very occasional rubbing to extremities; very small closed tear to top edge of upper panel. Near fine overall. The Return of the King: First edition, first impression (George Allen and Unwin, 1955) in third impression dust jacket. Light offsetting to endpapers; a bit of rolling to spine foot with occasional and faint spotting to fore-edge. Near fine. The dust jacket is not price-clipped with some edge wear, primarily to the top; spine panel just a little toned and rubbed to extremities; small closed tear to lower panel. Very good or a little better. A complete and beautifully preserved and clean set.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd,, 1968. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to front boards gilt with large eye of Sauron motif in gilt, dark green endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins, gilt edges. A fine copy. First one-volume edition. The Lord of the Rings was always intended as a single-volume work, though it was originally published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955, in part due to post-war paper shortages. This edition, originally issued as a paperback, has Tolkien's definitive text, from the second edition of 1966, published in one volume for the first time.

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 OF OF SAURON ON FRONT BOARD ACCENTED BY EITHER RED, PURPLE OR ORANGE ON EACH BOOK, TITLE ON SPINE COVER, EACH OF THE BOOKS HAS A FOLD-OUT MAP OF THE LANDS ADHERED TO REAR INSIDE BOARD. BOOK CONDITION: FINE. DUST JACKETS & BOX - VERY GOOD; SPINE COVERS CHIPPED AT CROWN/HEEL (THE RETURN OF THE KING REINFORCED WITH NARROW TRANSPARENT TAPE AT BOTH ENDS), GENTLY RUBBED EDGES, SLIPCASE HAS (2) VERY SMALL TEARS OF SURFACE BOARD PAPER IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER AT BOX INSERTION BORDER. 1215pp. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 4" BOX (EACH BOOK 9" x 4" x 1 1/4"). (SEE MY OTHER TOLKIEN LISTINGS).

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The Fellowship of the Ring: 1st Edition, second impression Numeral "4" at bottom of page 49. Dustwrapper price clipped, states Second Impression. Tinted top edge faded, traces of foxing to the base edge of the pages; original Melbourne book seller's metallic sticker at lower right of front paste down. ( Margaret Webber ), previous owner's name at top right of front end page, traces of foxing to same. offset tanning to half title page from placement of dustwrapper. Map appears to be unopened by previous owner. No damage. Lower corner of rear foldover clipped. Short tears to either side of head of spine, and bottom right of spine, no loss. Age toning/handling mark to spine of jacket ( all three jackets.). Measures 8.75" tall. the other two volumes measure 9" tall each.The Two Towers: First Edition 4th Impression. Dustwrapper price clipped front flap only, rear still shows 21s. Dustwrapper states 3rd Impression! Offset tanning with foxing in the offset are of the front end page, previous owner's name at top of same, bookseller's sticker at bottom of front paste down; front and bottom edges of pages show some foxing. Internally clean, and bright. Map not damaged. Dustwrapper has short splits to head of spine section, and rubbing of the corners. The Return of the King: First edition, third impression. Dustwrapper price clipped. Very slight foxing of front and rear end pages, bookseller's sticker to bottom of front paste down, map appears unopened by previous owner. The dustwrapper has rubbing and short splits top and tail of the spine section, and lower right of front panel, the rear panel of the jacket has a brown moisture mark, and a 2" tear lower right of bottom edge. In each of the grouped photographs, book 1 is on the left. Second impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 0249015. . THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA, BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING, PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING.

London: George Allen & Unwin. First Edition, Later Printings. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1965, 1965, 1963. Three Volumes. First Edition; 14th, 11th and 10th printings. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jackets, un-clipped and with corresponding statements of impression; maps at rear intact. Two tape ghosts and light offsetting at each endsheet. Dust jacket with light shelf wear and faint sunning to spines. Books and jackets are surprisingly fresh and well preserved. A very striking and early set of Tolkien's classic saga, rarely seen in such nice condition.

Easton Press. Hardcover. These hardcover books are matched and Fine, being square and tight. The green leather boards and spines have no wear with pristine gold embossed lettering and decoration. The bands on the spine show no wear. The gilt edged pages and silk moire endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. Each volume has a color frontispiece in pristine condition (save the guide and atlas as issued). Each volume of the Lord of the Rings and Simarillion contain their maps in pristine condition (4 maps total). None of the volumes contain bookplates, but 5 Easton Press decorative blank bookplates are included in this lot. There are no dust jackets; as issued. Each volume comes with an attached silk bookmark. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. These are AS NEW copies with absolutely no dents, scuffs, marks, or detractions. These are published by The Easton Press and show the quality of such. (shipping will be extra unless delivered by ground). . Fine. 2003.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1955 [1961-1962]. First editions, eleventh printing of The Fellowship of the Ring, eighth printing of The Two Towers, ninth printing of The Return of the King, with the terminal fold-out maps tipped in to each volume. Publisher's red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, red topstains; in the original pictorial dust jackets, with illustrations of the Eye of Sauron, the One Ring and its Elvish inscription to the front panels. Fine with only the slightest touch of rubbing; unclipped dust jackets, with some light wear and a few nicks to the extremities, spines with some fading and light toning, else near fine. An excellent set. The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy trilogy, written as the sequel to Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. It tells the story of the second attempt of the men, elves, and dwarves of Middle Earth to destroy the Dark Lord Sauron, the "Lord of the Rings." In The Hobbit, set almost 2,000 years after Sauron was initially vanquished, Hobbit Bilbo Baggins discovers Sauron's lost ring, which he used to control the inhabitants of Middle Earth vis-à-vis corrupt leaders whom he gave lesser rings to in order to gain power over them. In The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo leaves the ring to his nephew Frodo, who joins with a group of men, hobbits, dwarves, and elves on a quest to destroy it. In The Two Towers, Frodo and Sam continue alone on their increasingly perilous journey to destroy the ring while the remaining members of the Fellowship try to protect the realms of Middle Earth from the troops of Sauron, who continues to gain strength as Frodo brings the Ring closer. The Return of the King concludes the trilogy with the final destruction of Sauron and the reestablishment of proper order in the worlds of men and hobbits. Each volume is divided into two books and contains chapters narrated by different characters.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1959. 8vo. Complete in 3 volumes. 423, 352 & 416 pp. All published in 1962 - 12th & 9th impressions of the first edition. Bound in recent full red morocco. Five raised bands to spine and gilt-lettered titles. Top edge gilt. Folding maps at the rear of each volume. A Near Fine set. . Fine. Full Morocco. Reprint. 1959.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1956. BOOKS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION, DJ'S IN VG CONDITION, AND FOLDING MAPS IN VG TO FINE CONDITION. Uniformly bound in original red cloth, with dust jackets in protective mylar covers, spines darkened. First Part: The Fellowship of the Ring is Fifth Impression (1956) in Sixth Impression Dust Jacket. Second Part: The Two Towers is Fifth Impression (1957) in a Fifth Impression Dust Jacket. Lower edge damp mark to front cover & dust jacket. Third Part: Return of the King is Third Impression (1957) with a Third Impression Dust Jacket. NO LABELS, NOR INSCRIPTIONS.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

LONDON: HARPERCOLLINS. 12th printing of this edition, marking the centenary of Tolkien's birth. Large, heavy hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Original price on back cover has been partly crossed out with blue biro ink. Brown boards with gilt titles and decoration. Previous owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Red ribbon integral bookmark. Omnibus collecting all three novels comprising 'The Lord of the Rings' plus appendices. With fifty full colour plate illustrations by Alan Lee. . Fine. Hardcover. 12TH PRINTING. 1991.

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,. 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 very good (trace edge wear and age toning) dust jacket with the original $6.00 price and the "0267" date on the front flap. Housed in a very good (minor shelf wear and aging) slipcase. .

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd,, 1966. 3 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red, cream endpapers. With the dust jackets. Folding map in red and black at rear of each volume. A very good set in the dust jackets, spine panels a little toned, some nicking and creasing, spotting to rear panel of vol. II and front panel of vol. III. Second edition, first impression. This was the final and definitive text of Lord of the Rings, revised and corrected by Tolkien from the first edition, published 1954-55.

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1962 Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Volume 1: The Fellowship of the Ring (Twelth Impression, 1962), Volume 2: The Two Towers (Ninth Impression, 1962), Volume 3: The Return of the King (Ninth Impression, 1962). Book Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. The Fellowship has a bump to top right corner at spine. The Return of the King has minor bumps to head and foot of spine, otherwise solid binding with clean text to all three volumes. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. All three are price clipped and somewhat discolored/age-toned, with a touch of very light shelf wear, and rubbing. Spines are slightly darkened. Dust jackets to The Fellowship of the Ring and to The Return of the King have very minor wrinkles along top edges, else better than very good. No chips, no tears, but for a minor closed tear to top of rear of The Fellowship of the Ring. Each folding map to the rear of each volume is in Fine condition. There are no inscriptions or bookmarks in any of the three Brodart protected volumes. VG-NF/VG.. First Edition.. Hardcover.

Cape, 1961. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine black boards with the famous skeleton hand motif, nice square binding, very clean pages, small vertical crease on two central leaves. In a very near fine dustjacket displaying the Richard Chopping artwork, not price-clipped, minuscule abrasions at a couple of corners, the foot of the spine and on the top rear edge. In sum, a very nice copy of the author's ninth James Bond novel.

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 Fellowsip is the 16th printing with no date shown. The Two Towers and The Return of the King are 13th printings. These werre all printed prior to 1965 as that as when the second edition was made because of copyright problems. All three books are in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. All three have a very small bookstore sticker for Bay Colony Bookshop on front endpaper near hinge at bottom. All three are priced at $5.95. The are no other markings on any of the three. They are all uniformly clean, fresh and bright. All three are tight and square. All three have maps at rear pastedowns that appears to be in fine condition. The jacket of Two Towers is light blue with some grfeen while the other two are light brown. Towers has minor edgewear at spine ends but the most attrative because of its color. The other jackets could be called fine. All three protected in mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1966. Second Edition, first printings of the Revised [ and final ] edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1966. 3 vols. Second Edition, first printings of the Revised [ and final ] edition. Each volume has a folding map at back. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. A very nice set. Near fine/Near fine. (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

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.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd,, 1966. 3 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red. With the dust jackets. Folding map in red and black at rear of each volume. Light rubbing and bumping at extremities of books and jackets, jackets ever so slightly toned with a few trivial marks. A near-fine copy. Second edition, first impression. This was the final and definitive text of Lord of the Rings, revised and corrected by Tolkien from the first edition, published 1954-55.

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Houghton and Mifflin, 1965. Complete set of the first edition of Tolkien's masterwork, all early printings (Fellowship is the 14th printing, Towers is the 11th printing and Return is 10th printing). All three books are near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight with no significant flaws. Dust jackets are all very good plus or better with slight wear at spine ends and corners but again no major flaws. First two volumes with $5.00 price and third volume with $5.95. A beautiful set.. 1st Edition.

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. Fold-out maps in excellent condition at the back of each volume. 423, 352 and 416 pages."The Two Towers is sharp in Fine condition. The Fellowship of the King and The Return of the King have some very slight loss to cloth near spine ends and just a little glue residue on endpages under flaps otherwise in very nice hardly used condition. Author's name written out under printed name in black ink John Ronald Revel Tolkien on title page of Fellowship of the Ring does not appear to be a signature. Very nice sharp and Fine dust jackets in clear clear jacket protector sleeves have no tears except for one 3/4" closed tear at top of back panel of The Return of the King. Jackets toned some on spine and half inch band across centers. Return of the King toned generally slightly more. E-mail me for photos. .

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.

Houghton Mifflin Co, 1954. Hardcover. Collectible: Very Good/Very Good. 3 volume 1961 matched set all in jackets with intact foldout maps. Fellowship jacket is not priced other two show $5. Light shelfwear to jackets now housed in later edition fair slipcase. Fellowship is 10th impression, Two Towers is 8th impression and Return of the King is 7th impression. All three tight and unmarked. oversized and overweight Please email for photos.

Houghton Mifflin Set of three books, comprising The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring: Twelfth impression, 1962. Book near fine, except for slight wear at spine ends and corners, previous owner's signature on front free end-paper; DJ very good, with some rubbing and chipping at spine ends and corners, slight discoloration on spine, top of flaps, and inside DJ, slight rubbing on front. The Two Towers: Ninth impression, 1962. Book near fine, except for slight wear at spine ends, slight discoloration on end-papers, top corner of front free end-paper torn off; DJ very good, with some rubbing and chipping at spine ends and corners, slight discoloration on spine, back, folds, top of flaps, and inside DJ, slight rubbing on spine and front. The Return of the King: Eighth impression, 1961. Book near fine, except for slight wear at spine ends, slight discoloration on end-papers, and top and bottom edges of boards, previous owner's signature on front free end-paper; DJ very good, with some rubbing and chipping at spine ends and corners, slight discoloration on spine, back, top of flaps, and inside DJ, slight chipping mark near top of back, slight creasing near bottom of back.. Hardcover.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1954 / 1955. 8vo. In three volumes complete. Volumes 1 and 2 are 4th impressions dated November 1955 and 1956. Volume 3 is a 2nd impression also dated November 1955. Original publisher's dark red cloth with gilt lettering to spines. A nice clean set. Folding maps present and in very good condition. . Near Fine. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 2nd Impression. 1954.

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1956. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. The timeless classic. By an extraordinary feat of the imagination Tolkien has created and maintained in every detail a new mythology in an invented world. Red cloth, folding map at rear of each book. Top edges red. First two volumes are dated 1956, Final (Return of the King) is dated 1957. Light bumping to corners. A few marks to outer page edges of volumes. Small damp mark to some page edges of Return of the King. Name in ink to front endpaper of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. Some page browning; mostly to endpapers. All fold-out maps are present; a couple of small edge-creases and foxspots. Wrappers are still present, but have varying degrees of tears and chips; very browned to spines; other grubby marks and browning to panels; a little loss.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1965. Complete three-volume set published in 1965, with The Two Towers and The Return of the King 11th Impressions, and The Fellowship of the Ring a 14th Impression. All three books are near fine in bright and clean red boards with gilt titles. Neat name near top of front pastedown in first two volumes (completely hidden by dust jacket flaps), otherwise clean and unmarked. Folding maps tipped in at rear of each volume, all in fine condition. Dust jackets are very good plus to near-fine (prices intact) with a minor tanning to spines and very minor soiling; third volume is a bit sunned. Very slight rubbing to spine ends but no significant chips or tears. A beautiful set..

London: George Allen & Unwin. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1957-1959). Hardcover. Fading and moderate foxing to dustjacket spines. Dustjacket on "The Fellowship of the Ring" has a 2" pen mark on the rear panel, and small 3/8" tears at the head of the dustjacket spine. Dustjacket on "The Two Towers" has a 1 1/2" black mark on the rear joint. No tears or chips to this jacket. Dustjacket on "The Return of the King" is price-clipped, and has small 3/8" tears at the head of the dustjacket spine, and a small 3/8" tear to the top of the front panel. "The Fellowship of the Ring" has a previous owner's name and address twinked out (whited out) on the front endpaper. Contemporary bookseller's rubber stamp on front endpaper of the first two volumes. Short ink annotation on front endpaper of "The Two Towers", reads " See vol. 1". The final text leaf of "The Two Towers" has quite heavy creasing and crinkling to the lower part of the leaf and a 1/2" tear to the margin. Some spots of foxing to page edges. Overall a near very good set of early printings of this 20th century classic, from the original UK publisher. ; The three volumes of The Lord of the Rings. Reprints of the first edition, as follows: The Fellowship of the Ring: 7th printing (1957), in an 8th printing dustjacket (probably as issued - there is no evidence the jacket has been supplied or swapped around.); The Two Tower: 6th printing (1959), in a 6th printing dustjacket.; The Return of the King: 4th printing (1958), in a 4th printing dustjacket. Red cloth boards with gilt on spine. Page dimensions: 222 x 140mm. Top page edges dyed red. Folding map present at rear of each volume. ; 8vo .

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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 edges of the spine and back cover for book 1, two small marks and nicks on the edges of the cover and spine for book 2) with protected Dj covers (two small tears, some marks and nicks on the Dj cover for book 1, small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover for book 2), both in GC plus. Pictorial hardback for book 3 (small dents and nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in GC, no Dj cover. Book 1 includes a map. Ex-Library books with some writing, stamps. Clean pages with some marks, ink marks and library stamps on the outer edges, stain marks inside the back cover for book 1, some library marks inside the front endpapers, small stain marks, creases and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages, book 3 is missing the back endpaper page. The books are in GC for its age with some shelf wear. Price un-clipped. 1215pp including Appendices, indexes. A collectable revised second edition with early impressions. Heavy set (approx. 1.9 Kg). Images are available.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1955-56.. 3 volumes (lacking dustwrappers), very early printings: The Fellowship of the King 5th impression 1956; The Two Towers 4th impression 1956; The Return of the King 2nd impression 1955. Approximately 230 x 140 mm, 9 x 5½ inches, folding map at rear of each book, plus in Volume I a full page map at page 24 and 3 illustrations: Ring inscription at page 59; Moria gate at page 319; and at page 333 Balin's tomb inscription, pages: 423, 352, 416, bound in the original publisher's red cloth, top edges red, gilt lettered spines. No inscriptions, gilt completely dulled on all spines, tiny slight bump to edge of tail of spines, very slight bump to head of spine on Volume II, merest hint of a crease to spine of Volumes I and III, minute bump to top corner of upper cover of Volumes II and III, free endpapers lightly browned; Volume I: tiny upper corner crease to 3 leaves (401-405); Volume II: tiny water spot on lower cover, 3 mm (1/8") faint mark to 2 lower margins (page 124 & 126); Volume III: tiny faint mark to margin page 22 and 282, binding crease to lower corner of pages 213 and 215, all perfectly legible (see image); otherwise contents in all three volumes bright and clean. A good tight set of early impressions, lacking dustwrappers. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. This is the revised 2nd edition in slipcase comprising the Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Retrun of the King. All three volumes are first printings in dw and slipcase. All the dws have the 6.00 dollar price intact.. The dws show some chipping at the head of the spine panel on all three volumes and some minor edge wear mostly to The Return of the KIng which has edge wear along the spine panel. The spine colors show fading on The Two Towers and The Fellowship of the Ring. The map for The Fellowship of the Ring is loose and laid in. The Slipcase is in near fine condition showing two small rubbed areas along the edges.Page 55 and 56 have ink notations and underlinig. This is now difficult to locate with all volumes being first printings of the revised 2nd edition.. 2nd Edition First Printings. Hardbacks. Vg/Vg. Hardcovers in Slipcase.

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. Immaculate pastedowns, no trace of glue browming. Internally PRISTINE. ZERO aging, foxing, or any other imperfection. Printed on Pannekock paper specifically made for these books, with several different watermarks, one of which is 'Limited Editions Club'. The original slipcases are enclosed in one new slipcase that encloses both originals. .

Great Britain: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. First India paper edition. A nice copy with slight discolouration along bottom-edge. Map in fine condition..

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 wear to edge of paper type black dj with interesting spatter pattern design in mustard color with some fading to spine of dj. Volume I I is The Two Towers, "Revised Edition" (front of dj), "Second Edition" (title page), "Third Printing" (copyright page) with light wear to edge of paper type black dj with interesting spatter pattern design in red with some fading to spine of dj.. Volume III is The Return of the King, "Revised Edition" (cover of dj), "Second Edition" (title page), "Third Printing" (copyright page) with light wear to edge of paper type black dj with interesting spatter pattern design in purple. The top edge of the pages on each of the books matches the color of the corresponding DJ. Each book has a beautiful fold-out map in the rear (doesn't look like any of them have been opened.). Books have black cloth cover with beautiful ring with red eye decoration.. Second Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book Club Ed.

George Allen and Unwin, 1968-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: George Allen and Unwin, (1960-1961), 1961. Later printings of the first edition; The Fellowship of the Ring, 10th impression (1961); The Two Towers, 7th impression (1960); The Return of the King, 7th impression (1961). One mis-fold to folding map in "Fellowship"; dust jacket to "Fellowship" with split to front fold, other good with some light wear to spines; else a very good set in original gilt-stamped red cloth. A nice set of later printings of the first edition, originally published in 1954-55. With folding maps to the rear of each volume; copies are clean with no names; dust jackets complete with no tape repairs or restorations. . Cloth. Very Good/Good.

1991-07-04. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

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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, all edges gilt, 9 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches, map-illustrated endpapers, 1137 pp., index. Housed in a black slipcase with a gilt decoration matching the book. Book as new. Slipcase has a single tiny area of wear on the spine, 1/16 inch, else as new. "Royd Allan Reuel Tolkien is a great-grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien. He was born on 16 July 1969 to Joan Tolkien and Hugh Baker. At the request of Peter Jackson, he played a Gondorian ranger passing arms out to other rangers as they prepare to defend Osgiliath in The Return of the King, the final film in Jackson's film adaptation of his great-grandfather's works. Royd Tolkien also produced a film titled Pimp, wherein he also plays himself. He co-produced a film titled Tontine Massacre. Royd has an older sister, Mandy Doyle, who was born in 1967. He also had a brother, Michael "Mike" Baker, who was born in 1975 and suffered from motor neurone disease. Mike died in 2015. In 2012, he along with his brother Mike and Peter Jackson made an appearance in an Air New Zealand safety video that was part of a major global promotion linked to the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Royd also made a cameo appearance in the extended edition of the film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He appears during a scene in which Beorn and Gandalf are discussing the catacombs where the Nazgûl were buried." (1722RO068). Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. As New/No Jacket.

1999-07-07. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1961. Part 1 The Fellowship of the Ring 1961 Eleventh impression; Part II The Two Towers 1962 Ninth impression; Part III The Return of the King 1962 Ninth impression. All with unclipped dustjackets, all without inscriptions, all maps present and without tears. Some sunning to djs both on the covers and spines; edge wear throughout and short tears to edge of dj of Part 1. A few pages on Part II creased at the edge and with paper flaws (small holes in margins). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Edition, 11th and 9th Impressions. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.