TOLKIEN, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]. The Lord of the Rings. Being The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Second edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (ca. 1969). 8vos: volume 1: [iv] 423pp. Black cloth pictorially stamped in bronze and gold; top edge stained orange. Fold out, two-color map, full page b&w map, and one full page b&w illustration. volume 2: 352pp. Black cloth pictorially stamped in red and gold; top edge stained red. Fold-out, two color map. Volume 3: 440pp. Black cloth pictorially stamped in purple and gold; top edge stained purple. Fold-out, two-color map. Spine ends a tad rubbed, spine of volume two minutely soiled, else fine copies in original color dust jackets (spine ends and corners a tad rubbed, spine panels lightly sunned, 1” closed tear at head of spine on volume 3) and all housed in original slipcase (corners a tad rubbed).

 

Second editions, being 4^th, 3^rd, and 3^rd printings. A wonderful set of Tolkien’s beloved epic with remarkably bright dust jackets! Join Sam, Frodo, Gandalf and the rest of the fellowship as they set out to Mordor to destroy the ring.