The Lord of the Rings : India Paper edition : No slipcase : First thus

British (India Paper) edition, first printing, 1969. First thus. No slipcase. No jacket as issued. With two fold out maps - both in very good condition (little creased/odd small mark). Black boards with silver lettering to spine and colour design to front are very good with minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small bump/rub to edges, a little patchy fading (including to spine), numerous small marks, a few scratches/scrapes/indentations (mainly to back) and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. All edges specked by design. Pages bit tanned. Previous owner's large (fills two thirds of the page) gift inscription and date in pen to front blank page. Odd small marks/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Occasional small marks/(quite) heavy foxing to first and last approx. ten pages. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. Small crease to lower corner of a few pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…