The Lord of The Rings US Second Edition 1st Impression The Fellowship of The Ring The Two Towers The Return of The King

First printing of the second US edition published by Houghton Mifflin in 1967. Price clipped dust jackets are very faded to the spines, with a little wear to the head of the spines and a couple of tiny tears or light chipping to the top edge of The Return, also a minor tear to the edge of The Two Towers, otherwise clean and tidy. Black cloth covers with bright gilt lettering to the spines, the front of each volume has gilt and metallic red, orange and purple decoration to match each jacket, strongly coloured top edges also match the jackets, covers with a few very minor marks, generally sharp corners, the head of the spine of The Return is lightly bruised. Securely bound books, pages lightly age toned, otherwise smart, without inscriptions, each volume complete with fold out map. The slipcase had a split to the top edge which has a been neatly restored and is now robust, the label to the slipcase is faded. Good + condition.