TOLKIEN, J. R. R.

3 VOL SET, SECOND REVISED EDITION (6TH IMPRESSION) super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red, 352-440pp, folding maps to rear of each vol, VG (light scuffing to extrems, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards of vol 1, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev, owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps of each vol) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping ot edges with some minor surface loss, light tanning & moderate foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1971

KEYWORDS: fantasy literature fiction novels J R R Tolkien middle earth

TOLKIEN, J. R. R.

VERY EARLY EDITION, EX-LIBRARY; Lacks d/w. Sm. octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, mountain & dragon motifs to boards, illus eps - maps, frontispiece: The Hill, Hobbiton-across-the-Water, 310pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & soiling to spine incl. a couple of small ink stains, light bruising to board corners/extrems, moderate cracking to front hinge, light cracking to rear hinge with light fraying to spine extrems, moderate sun-fading to spine, boards slightly cocked, two prelim pages coming slightly loose due to closed tears near spine, light foxing/discolouration to pages/page edges throughout, library stamps/markings to eps, blank prelims, colophon, top of first page of text, & spine, 2 fragments of d/w pasted in blank prelims)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1942

KEYWORDS: ex library jrr tolkien the hobbit lord of the rings fiction novels literature literary fantasy adventure

TOLKIEN, J R R & BAYNES, PAULINE (illus)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, 64pp., gorgeous illus, VG (moderate brusing & scuffing to spine and board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling & foxing sporadically throughout), in d/w VG- (heavy creasing and chipping to edges with minor loss and tidy tape repairs, moderate chaffing to spine with light to moderate surface loss, 2cm closed tear to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1973

KEYWORDS: J R R Tolkien Lord of the Rings Hobbits poetry poems Pauline Baynes fantasy Middle Earth

TOLKIEN, J R R & LEE, ALAN (Illus)

ONE VOLUME EDITION, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt elven script- single character to front board, frontispiece, decorated title page, 1193pp + unpaginated maps to rear, illus, VG+ (sl discolouration & staining to board edges, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & adhesive staining to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1991

KEYWORDS: lotr lord of the rings single volume editions illustrated J R R Tolkien Alan Lee fantasy literature novels

TOLKIEN, J R R

SECOND IMPRESSION OF INDIA PAPER EDITION. 8vo, pp. 1193; black cl bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, front board illus. in gilt & silver gilt; marbled eps; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate soiling to pg edges; light creasing & soiling to paper throughout, esp at edges); in slipcase, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).,

PUBLISHER: George Allen and Unwin 1972

KEYWORDS: J R R Tolkien Lord of the Rings 20th century fantasy fiction adventure Hobbit

TOLKIEN, J R R

THREE VOL SET. FIRST EDITION, VARYING IMPRESSIONS. Demy 8vo, pp. 423, 352, 416; red buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; top edge stained red, maps to rear, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges (moderate tanning & soiling to vols 2 & 3); light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals (moderate tanning & foxing to vols 2 & 3); sm tear to front hinge at head and mild separation of spine from textblock (vol. 1) bindiing still sound; prev ownership inscription to ffep; some foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, esp to spine extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing; moderate red staining (vol. 1); lg closed tear rear flap at fold (vol. 1)). Vol. 1, fourth impression; vol. 2, second impression; vol. 3, first impression; all of the first edition, all dated 1955.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1955

KEYWORDS: J R R Tolkien Lord of the Rings 20th century fantasy fiction epic adventure modern first edition