Tolkien, J. R. R.
[The Lord of the Rings:]
£1,890
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955. First editions, fourth, third (stated second) and first impressions, 8vo, original red cloth, folding map in red and black to each volume, with the dust jackets. Spines rolled, cloth marked, rubbing to tips, top edges faded, spotting to edges and endpapers, light spotting to prelims, a little bleeding of cloth-dyed into margins of endpapers, personalised ink-stamps to front free endpapers, Two Towers map loose, dust jackets variably chipped and soiled, Two Towers in third-impression dust jacket, Fellowship dust jacket front panel detached [Hammond A5 a. iii for Return of the King]
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Footnote
SALEROOM AMENDMENT 6/2/2024: The Two Towers is stated a second impression on the copyright page but is undated on the title-page; such copies are now commonly identified as in fact belonging to the third impression.