J.R.R. Tolkien – The Return Of The King – First Edition 1955
£3,500.00
A first edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1955. A very good book without inscriptions – some sporadic small staining to the top edge. Bound in the publisher’s beautiful rich, red boards. Offsetting to the endpapers as is common. Original fold out map is still present to the rear. Browning and a little chipping to the spine and some light loss to the corners. Two tears and associated creasing to the bottom of the front panel. A little surface staining. ‘4’ to the foot of page 49.
The third instalment in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.
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A first edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1955. A very good book without inscriptions – some sporadic small staining to the top edge. Bound in the publisher’s beautiful rich, red boards. Offsetting to the endpapers as is common. Original fold out map is still present to the rear. Browning and a little chipping to the spine and some light loss to the corners. Two tears and associated creasing to the bottom of the front panel. A little surface staining. ‘4’ to the foot of page 49.
The third instalment in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.
