The Return Of the King

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1955 First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with light wear to the edges. This original First Printing dustjacket has the 21s net price present on the front flap and the lettering on the spine is unfaded. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards… Read more

First Edition, First Printing. This original sophisticated dustjacket has the 21s net price present on the front flap with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. First Edition - American, First Printing. Near fine in a bright attractive dust jacket with a few very minor mends by a paper conservationist. The basis of the acclaimed Peter Jackson film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year.

London: George Allen & Undwin Ltd, 1955. First edition, first state. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth in original unrestored dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly toned. Slight foxing to endpapers. First edition, first state. 1 vols. 8vo.

First Edition, First Printing with "First Published in 1955" printed on the copyright page. This original dustjacket has some discoloration to the spine and wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's red cloth with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with… Read more

BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.. Fine. 1956. First Edition. First American Edition. Map and all the 'first issue' points present. 1500 copies printed. Very close to fine in a solidly near fine dj. (Small & faint soil spot on fore edge. Half-inch tear at head of rear panel of dj. at edge of spine. Couple of tiny… Read more

First American Edition, First Printing with all points present. In very good condition, clean and unmarked, in a very good dust jacket, lightly chipped at spine ends, small closed tears at front panel.

1956. FAE. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. THE RETURN OF THE KING. Being the Third Part of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1956. The third and final book of Tolkein's trilogy. First American edition. 493 pp., plus a fine folding map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor, printed… Read more

London: Allen & Unwin, 1955. First Edition, Second Impression (stated on the copyright page and the spine of the jacket.) Decorative folding maps in red and black. Scarlet cloth, titled in gilt. 'Eye of Sauron' dust-jackets in very good + unclipped condition and protected in mylar. Fold-out map is in perfect condition. Unmarked but with a little foxing mostly to… Read more

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1956. First American Edition. Some foxing; owner’s signature; very good in dust jacket.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955. First UK edition, fifth impression. Hardcover. Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings. 8vo, 416 pp, with folding map. Red cloth covers with gilt title at spine. Cloth covers are very clean. Off white dj with title in black at front cover and in black and red at off white… Read more

Allen & Unwin, 1955. First printing of the First Edition in Very Good Minus condition but lacking a Dust Jacket. Map in back still attatched.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Hardcover.

Houghton Mifflin. Collectible - Good. 1956 on title page, no date on copyrt. page, 5.00 original price on dust jacket, assumed 1st, blue cloth covers are quite worn at ends (boards are showing), spine ends also quite worn away, foxing to eps and pastedowns, ink owner inscription to fep, o/w interior is clean and sound, grey dust jacket… Read more

George Allen & Unwin, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. the jacket is a colour facsimile. the spine is faded. original burgundy boards are shelf worn and the edges are knocked.the spine ends are slightly frayed. the book has a previous owner's signature on the front end page. the front end page is slightly darkened.the chart is present at… Read more

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. A Limited Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original binding. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

London: George Allen, 1965. Fine copy in dust jacket which is slightly darkened on spine and extremities. See pictures for condition. Scans available on request. Please note we only ship by secure airmail for orders out of UK. Offered by Winchester Antiquarian Books: selling books from a real bookshop since 1990; Our reputation is your guarantee! . Eleventh… Read more

Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Book. As New. Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mint copy in like jacket.Second Printing of The Revised Edition.6.00 on flap.Rare in this condition.Beautiful copy..

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Twentieth Edition. Hardcover. An early impression that appears to have been purchased along with the other two volumes of the trilogy, and kept together as a set (see my listing for "The Two Towers"). Red cloth, 416 pp, color map of Gondor, Rohan, and Mordor… Read more

London: Allen & Unwin, 1966. . First Revised Edition. 8vo. 440pp. Extending map. Red cloth. Fine in very slightly rubbed dust-jacket very slightly dusty on the back panel. .

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

New. .

New. .

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1984. In Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Octavo, with salmon silk moire endpapers and a, sewn-in, matching ribbon bookmark. 440pps. There is a slight waviness to the bottom edge of the first several pages (as if from dampness); this flaw… Read more

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good no dj pub in Taiwan.Tan cover

ISIS Large Print Books, 1991-06. Hardcover. Good.

Large Print Distribution, 2003-09-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Harper Collins, 2001-09-03. Paperback. Used:Good.

Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press,, 1965. Frontispiece by Michael Hague 1984. True 22 kt gold accents deeply inlaid upon raised "hubbed" spine with Smyth-sewn pages and printed on rich and durable archival- quality acid free paper which will not yellow with age. It features moire fabric end sheets and premium heavy duty boards with a sewn in page marker.… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Seventh Impression. Hardcover. Near fine/good +. Royal 8vo., 416 pp., blue. woven cloth covers lettered in gilt, folding map at rear. -- Dust. jacket has moderate wear mostly to the extremities. Folding map is in fine condition.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin No date noted, circa 1963, front flap priced $5.95. Jacket by Walter Lorraine. Fold-out map tipped at rear is Fine. Book is Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, bookplate depicting a dragon front paste down, mostly hidden by front flap, in a Very Good Minus dust jacket, tears and chips at flap folds, rubbing at spine folds,… Read more

Thorndike Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Houghton Mifflin Company. Acceptable. First edition, first printing of The Return of the King, Part III only of the Lord of the Rings. The 'First Edition' statement is based on the fact that Houghton Mifflin puts the date in Arabic numerals on the title page of first printings, and removes it for subsequent printings. This copy has the… Read more

Houghton Mifflin. Very Good/Fair. 1983. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. (R278) .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Eighth Impression of the first American Edition. Clean in sound binding.VG+ in VG+ dust jacket with orignal $5 price intact. Dj has few tiny chips on spine ends. Folding map in rear in excellent condition. 416 pages. . Eighth Impression. Hard Cover Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harper Collins, 2002. 1st reset edition. Oversized illustrated hardback edition of the final part of JRR Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, fully reset and featuring full-page watercolour paintings by award-winning artist, Alan Lee. Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustwrapper.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Book. Illus. by Walter Lorraine. Very Good +. Hardcover. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has browning to the endpapers front and rear, browning to the edges of the text block. There is some whitish mottling at the top of the spine and one small spot on the top edge of the top… Read more

QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKCLUB, 1995. Paperback. New. 2.7919 cent in x 21.3198 cent in x 13.7056 cent in.

London: Harper Collins, 2002. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 755-1170pp., colour plates, ep maps, appends., index, First printing of the reset edition, with superb full-page colour plates by Alan Lee. In crisp red cloth boards in like unclipped dust jacket. Small stripe on bottom edge o/w a very nice copy

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001-09-19. Film Cover Art. Hardcover. Used:Good.

HarperCollins Publisher, 2010. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publisher, 2010. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publisher, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. Jacket rubbed, chipped, and price clipped. Extremities of book lightly rubbed, top painted edge faded, textblock slightly bowed, pages clean and tidy.. Second Edition, Second Impression. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo.

Boston.: Houghton Mifflin., (c1965).. Black cloth, top edge tinted light pink.. Lacks fold-out map, hinges taped with library cloth, tape stains on covers, covers lightly soiled, no dj (Could well have been ex-library, but no other marks). 8vo. Lacks Fold-out map affixed to back free endpaper.. 8th Printing.

Houghton. Very Good/Very Good. 1993. Hard Cover. front of jacket illustration by Alan Lee; front of jacket design by Rita Marshall .

George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1966. Hardback in fair condition with good dust jacket. Dust jacket clipped. Revised/2nd edition.. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Fair/Good.

Yilin Chu Ban She, 2002-01-01. Chinese. Paperback. Good.