Lord of the Rings - Three Volumes Complete With Original Slipcase

J.R.R. Tolkien

Published by George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1960

About this Item

A complete threevolume set comprising The Fellowship of the Ring 423 pp this has a very small nick to the top of the jacket The Two Towers 352 pp and The Return of the King 416 pp published by George Allen amp Unwin and bound in the original cream boards housed in the publisherrsquos original slipcase previous owners name to the front free endpaers A particularly attractive early collected edition the volumes in fine condition clean bright and tight throughout with the slipcase also in excellent order The Lord of the Rings is widely regarded as the foundation of modern high fantasy its richly imagined world languages and mythology establishing a model for the genre that has influenced generations of writers One of the bestselling works of fiction ever published the trilogy has sold in excess of 150 million copies worldwide Written by JRR Tolkien a distinguished Oxford philologist and scholar of Old English and Norse literature the work was composed over a period of some twelve years from 1937 to 1949 reflecting the depth and complexity of his invented worldA handsome and increasingly scarce set in such wellpreserved condition Would make the ideal gift for the Tolkien collectornbsp.

Seller Inventory # 123486

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lord of the Rings - Three Volumes Complete With Original Slipcase
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin LTD
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Hardback
• Book Type: book