The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King; [The Lord of the Rings]; Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings; Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings; Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

3 vol. 8vo. [7], 6-423, [5]; [7], 10-352; [6], 11-440, [4] pp. Black cloth with an orange and gold design (the ring and the eye of Sauron) on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Black cloth with a red and gold design on the front board (the eye of Sauron on the ring), gold lettering on the spine; red topstain. Black cloth with a purple and gold design (the same design as the other two volumes) on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; purple topstain. Housed in a black paper slipcase with a red paper label printed in green and black on one side. Jacket designs by Robert Quackenbush. The first volume illustrated with a few full-page maps and a fold-out map printed in red and black at the end of the volume. The second volume with the same map as the first, and the third volume illustrated with a chart and the same map at the end of the volume. The revised text. A pleasing set of Tolkien's masterpiece. Volume two with a crease to its rear free endpaper; jackets spine panels are sunned and show a hint of edge wear. …