2002 Complete History of Middle Earth Christopher Tolkien Leather Slip Case + DJ

The History of Middle-Earth. Christopher Tolkien. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. Complete set in fine leather slip-case with original dust jackets. Each book measures 9 x 5.75\u0094, 8vos. ISNB (Set): 0007105088 Vol. I: Book of Lost Tales, Parts One & Two; Lays of Beleriand; Shaping of Middle-Earth; Lost Road and other writings. Vol. II: Return of the Shadow; Treason of Isengard; War of the Ring; Sauron Defeated. Vol. III: Morgoth\u0092s Ring; War of the Jewels; Peoples of Middle-Earth. In very good condition. Leather slip case normally rubbed at edges, but otherwise clean and intact. Dust jackets bright and clean. Black cloth bindings lightly scuffed at edges. Permanent bookmarks intact. Text-blocks clean. Bindings tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. The ISBN for this edition (0007105088) was previously connected to a Deluxe India Paper slipcased set that collected Parts I, II and III of the Deluxe Edition of The History of Middle-earth. Production problems meant that this edition was not formally issued, although one or two have been offered for sale in the years since. According to David Brawn of HarperCollins: \"We had planned a slipcased set, but unfortunately a production problem resulted in the heights of the three volumes being marginally different, which meant the slipcases didn't really look good enough. A few prototype empty slipcases were produced, and I think that as we had them we sent a couple out to people who wrote in at the time specifically asking for one, but as far as I can remember we never did a production run. We ended up producing a much more successful trilogy of combined volumes without the anguish of Bible paper, leather binding, and all the production headaches those things entailed! We did release that set in a slipcase for a while.\" RAREB2002LYOP 07\/25 - HK2601.…