J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. I. The Fellowship of the Ring; II. The Two Towers; III. The Return of the King.

Name: J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. I. The Fellowship of the Ring; II. The Two Towers; III. The Return of the King.
Price: 800 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: TOLKIEN

by TOLKIEN

£800 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. I. The Fellowship of the Ring; II. The Two Towers; III. The Return of the King. London: George Allen Unwin . 1971. Three volumes, 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to spines (titles in ornamented roundels), top edges stained red (unfaded), in the unclipped grey-green dustwrappers lettered black and white, with “Ring and Eye” device in black, red and gold to front panels; fold-out maps printed black and red, of Middle-earth (Vol. I II) and of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor (Vol. III) tipped to recto of rear free endpapers; pp. I: [iv], 424, [map]; II: 352, [map]; III: [5]–440, [map]; light rubbing to spine tips; Fellowship wrapper rubbed, with closed tear (c. 1 cm) to upper edge of rear spine fold and associated crease spreading to upper edge of rear panel, small mark to rear panel, light diagonal crease to upper inner corner of front panel, small tear (c. 0.5 cm) to upper outer corner; a notably bright, near fine set in like wrappers. An bright, fresh uniform set of sixth impressions of the Second, Revised Edition of Tolkien’s masterpiece, with the extended Prologue, notes, and index of persons and places. Following the success of The Hobbit (1937), Tolkien was urged by his publisher and readers alike to produce a sequel. The scale of The Lord of the Rings , however, was not what either had in mind, taking a full twelve years to complete (“my work has escaped from my control, and I have produced a monster”) and a further six to reach t

Binding: Hardcover

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