The Lord of the Rings Trilogy First Edition 1st Impression

J. R. R. Tolkien

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1955

The Lord of the Rings is one of the bestselling novels ever written having sold over 150 million copies and has been named Britains bestloved novel of all time in BBCs The Big Read This first edition first issue set is scarce and highly collectible with only 3000 copies of the first instalment 3250 of the second and 7000 of the third All in original unrestored dust jackets bearing the iconic motif of the eye of Sauron All jackets unclipped with the price of 21s net displayed All volumes are in original publishers red cloth with gilt tooled title to spines Top edge of text block coloured red to all books Faint pencil inscription to books one and two which can easily be erased Neat ink inscription to ffep of volume one Joyce CarjerSmith sic Volume 1nbsphas some bumping to spine edges with a little fading to cloth here and two small faded marks one along the bottom edge of the cover and one at the foreedge To the jacket there is toning and darkening to spine Spine edges are a little worn with shallow chips not affecting text Shallow split about 1 cm in length to hinge at the top Creasing to spine over printed J R R although still legible Very small dark mark covering the t in part to the spine Endpapers are toned Faint infrequent spotting to some of the pages marginal and mostly to the rear Fold out map to rear is present and intact clean and crisp 424 pp foldout map Volume 2nbsphas a little bumping and fading to spine edges of cloth and very slight fading along the bottom edge of the cover The jacket is toned with darkening to spine Shallow chips to spine edges and shallow loss to top left edge of spine about 1 cm in length not affecting text Split to lower hinge of jacket about 15 cm in length Light toning to endpapers Very faint marginal spotting occasionally to rear pages Fold out map to rear present and intact clean and crisp 352 pp fold out mapVolume III the jacket is sharper having been cleaned has very minor bumping to spine edges of cloth binding otherwise sharp Jacket is lightly toned to extremities but crisp without chipping Faint toning and some foxing to ffep and rear endpapers Very faint spotting to edge of text block Fold out map to rear is present and intact crisp and clean 416 pp fold out map This is a chance to own the 1st edition 1st impression of the Lord of the Rings at a lower price than many on the market with copies in overall better condition selling over pound 8500000 this set was purchased from us back in 2009 we recently took it back from the same buyer so we know the history of the set. Seller Inventory # 106126

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy First Edition ...
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London
Publication Date: 1955
Binding: Hardback
Edition: First Edition.
Book Type: book