Lot 293 Tolkien (J.R.R). The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1956-57
Dominic Winters Auction Wednesday, 16th February 2022 10:00am
December “Nella tana di Smaug”
Tolkien (J.R.R). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 5th impression, 1956; The Two Towers, 5th impression, 1957; The Return of the King, 3rd impression, 1957; London: George Allen & Unwin, folding map to end of each volume, top edge red, ownership inscription to front free endpaper of the first and third volumes, original red publisher's cloth, dust jackets, first volume with intensive tape repairs to spine and margins of panels, all volumes with faint spotting to panels, second and third volumes chipped to extremities with slight loss, spines toned, 8vo
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