Lot 74 , Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel - The Lord of the Rings, 1st editions, 1st impressions of Towers and Return, 2nd impression of Fellowship, 3 vols, 8vo, publisher’s dark red cloth, in unclipped pictorial d/j’s, all with tipped

° Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel - The Lord of the Rings, 1st editions, 1st impressions of Towers and Return, 2nd impression of Fellowship, 3 vols, 8vo, publisher’s dark red cloth, in unclipped pictorial d/j’s, all with tipped-in folding maps printed in red and black, all vols with signature mark ‘4’ on p.49 and text block sagging in The Return, staining to end papers, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1954-55
£5,000-8,000

Condition:
No inscriptions, dust jackets in a remarkable state of preservation with minimal creasing to spine extremities, text clean, possibly unread, cloth bindings bright, with bottom front cover of Fellowship bumped.

Sold for £8,000