Description: First edition, first printing. Publishers original red cloth with gilt to spine, in the author's designed dustwrapper. Top edge red. A very good copy, the binding remains firm, the spine lightly rolled. The cloth remains bright and fresh with a little rubbing at the extremities and minor fraying at the foot of the spine and the bottom corners of the boards. The contents, with light offsetting to the endpapers and some faint spotting at the text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners inscriptions or stamps. The folding map is present to the rear as called for, and in fine condition. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is toned to the spine and has a few short closed tears at its edges. The red lettering to the spine is a touch faded but remains clearly legible. Not price clipped. An attractive example, in entirely original condition of the final book in J R R Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Text is in Hammond's revised second state (page 49 has slipped "s" in "Legolas" and the signature mark 4 to the bottom margin. The dustwrapper is the latest of the three known variants of the first edition with single line review quotes under "The Fellowship of the Ring" and the "Two Towers" on rear flap.
Price: 2950 GBP
Location: London
End Time: 2024-11-17T20:40:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 197.98 GBP
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Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
