The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy - UK 1st set
1954
£65,000.00
Three volume set of this trilogy, all first imppressions dating from 1954-1955 all volumes complete with folded maps of Middle Earth tipped in to rear end endpages. All volumes are complete with original unrestored dust jackets, none are price clipped, no inscriptions.
The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) – one of 3000 first state copies. A very good book with fading and wear to the spine – no inscriptions. Red topstain present and complete. Map to the rear is present and has tape burns to the top corner. Off-setting to the endpapers – light stain to the foot of the page block. In the very good (or better) dust wrapper which is unclipped showing 21s as called for. A small internal repair to a closed tear to the foot of the spine and one to the top edge. Some light wear to the spine tips and corners.
The Two Towers – one of 3250 first state copies (1954) A very good book with fading and some staining to the boards. No inscriptions – spotting and off-setting to the endpapers. Topstain present and complete. Wear to the board edges and corners. Map to the rear present and complete. In the very good (or better) dust wrapper which is complete with a couple of very light stains to the top of the spine – some rubbing to the corners. Not price clipped showing 21s as called for.
The Return of the King (1955) – one of 7000 copies, with signature mark ‘4’ present on page 49 and sagging text to ‘Legolas’. A near fine book without inscriptions – some off-setting to the endpapers. A little rubbing to the edges and corners. In the very good (or better) dust wrapper which is unclipped showing 21st as called for. Two small internal repairs to closed tears to the bottom edge. Some rubbing to the spine and to the corners.
A very good set of the first edition, first printings, now housed in a custom-made slipcase showing the Eye of Sauron
About
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit but eventually developed into a much larger work.
