TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, 1954-1955
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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, 1954-1955
Sold for £6,875 (US$ 11,679) inc. premium
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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)
The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, each with folding map, moderate spotting to preliminaries and fore-edges, publisher's cloth, dust-jackets (some rubbing and fraying with short tears at folds, first volume torn along spine folds with lower section just holding), 8vo, George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1955

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  • Lower section of dust-wrapper of first volume is detached but present.
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