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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., second edition, first issue of "Two Towers" and "Return", second impression of "The Fellowship", SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on slips pasted onto front free endpaper of each volume, George Allen & Unwin, 1966 image 1
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., second edition, first issue of "Two Towers" and "Return", second impression of "The Fellowship", SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on slips pasted onto front free endpaper of each volume, George Allen & Unwin, 1966 image 2
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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)
The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., second edition, first issue of "Two Towers" and "Return", second impression of "The Fellowship", SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on slips pasted onto front free endpaper of each volume, George Allen & Unwin, 1966

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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)

The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., second edition, first issue of "Two Towers" and "Return", second impression of "The Fellowship", SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on slips pasted onto front free endpaper of each volume, folding map printed in red and black in each volume, 9-line ownership inscription on front free endpaper of the third volume, publisher's red cloth, dust-jackets (frayed at edges, piece torn away from spine of "Fellowship"), 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, 1966

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Tolkien's signatures were obtained for a previous owner, who knew the author's son John.

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