° Tolkien, John, Ronald, Reuel - The Lord of the Rings, 1st...

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° Tolkien, John, Ronald, Reuel - The Lord of the Rings, 1st editions, 2nd impressions of The Two Towers and The Return of the King, 1955, 4th impression of The Fellowship of the Ring, 1955, all original cloth, all with unclipped d/j’s, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1955

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Two Towers - tiny hole through the O in Towers on spine, red cloth good bar slightly bumped, text and map good, d/j with small loss to spine head and foot, generally browned; The Return of the King - red cloth good, text and map good, endpapers and for-edge with minor spotting, spine head and foot with a few nicks, generally browned; The Fellowship of the Ring - spine marked, back board with some ink smudges, maps and text good, d/j spine ragged at head and foot and with some loss, tears to rear flap at fold and disfigured by old tape marks.


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Auction Date:
25th Jan 22 at 12pm GMT

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