De Luxe Edition The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien published by George Allen & Unwin 1974 (third impression) with slipcase.
Highly sought-after single-volume collector's edition known for its unique production.A "1 Volume" edition containing all three parts (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King).Printed on ultra-thin India Paper, allowing the entire ~1,193-page epic to be only about one inch thick.Bound in black hardback buckram cloth featuring a design by Tolkien himself, depicting the Numenorean throne with "Elendil" in Tengwar script.A one page map showing a part of The Shire appears on page 30. The Map of Gondor, Rohan and Mordor is inserted on a fold-out sheet opposite page 770. The 1954 version of the map of The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age is inserted on a fold-out sheet at the rear.Includes distinctive speckled light green page edges.Issued in a slipcase where some marks to the outer surface have been made black with ink.Condition: Crinkling to some pages and page edge / corner creases ( pages 743 – 771 & 1073 – 1114) – see photos.Size: 9 x 6in /23 x 15 cm. 1193 pp. Weight: 800g. approx.