The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King in three volumes. All published by George, Allen, and Unwin in 1961. Here with their original dust jackets bound in their original red cloth bindings.
A LOVELY FIRST EDITION SET OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN IN THEIR ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS, COMPLETE WITH THEIR ORIGINAL MAPS.
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The Fellowship of the Ring: 11th impression, 1961.
The Two Towers: 8th impression, 1961.
The Return of the King: 7th impression, 1961.
Size: 14.5 x 23 cm (approx.)
Condition:
Internally in excellent condition, externally the bindings are similarly excellent, the dust jackets are structurally excellent.
Significantly better than typically found, being particularly remarkable for the dust jackets being free of rips & tears which commonly affect these. With the spine panels of the dust jackets mostly uniformly darkened as typically found with some light stains and extremely light wear at the heads. Joints between each panel of the dust jackets are in excellent condition without any splits. Front panel of FOTR excellent and bright, lightly toned around the edges with the rear panel more heavily toned with some light spotting. Interior side of FOTR dust jacket in excellent condition with the binding near fine. TTR with some stains at the head and light spotting with very mild toning with the rear panel in excellent condition and very bright. Interior side of the dust jacket lightly spotted with the binding itself very good to near fine. ROTK front panel toned around the edges with the rear panel quite bright and largely free of toning. ROTK reverse side of dust jacket in excellent condition. ROTK binding near fine. Each volume is internally collated as complete, including each map, half title, etc. The text blocks are all in excellent condition free of any foxing, writing, etc. No ink ownership inscriptions or bookplates throughout. Some front free endpapers have offset toning from the inner dust jacket flap as typical.
