Lot 73 , Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel - The Lord of the Rings, 3 vols - 1st editions - 14th impression of Fellowship of the Ring, 1965, front fly leaf mounted with a pasted card, with signed ink presentation inscription from the au

° Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel - The Lord of the Rings, 3 vols - 1st editions - 14th impression of Fellowship of the Ring, 1965, front fly leaf mounted with a pasted card, with signed ink presentation inscription from the author ‘’For Thomas Edwards’’, incorporating a typescript passage from The Fellowship of the Ring - ‘’The Road goes ever on and on. Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow it if I can. Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way. Where many paths and errands meet. And wither then? I cannot say’’ - Bilbo Baggins, The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring. With best wishes, yours sincerely, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien; Two Towers, 11th impression, 1965, front fly leaf mounted with a pasted card, with authors ink presentation inscription, ‘’for Thomas Edwards, The Two Towers, J.R.R Tolkien’’, and The Return of the King, 10th impression, 1963, front fly leaf mounted with a pasted card, with authors ink presentation inscription, ‘’for Thomas Edwards, The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien’’, each in original red cloth, with folding maps at rear, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London
£6,000-8,000

Condition:
handwritten and no authenticity cert.

Sold for £7,000