Tolkien Library Store - Original Cloth Bindings - Lord of the Rings Original Bindings

The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The true 1st Edition, Allen and Unwin 1963 Deluxe Edition of the 3 volumes of the Lord of the Rings, comprised of "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers", and "The Return of the King".


This set is bound in the original Black Buckram cloth with gilt titles, author and publisher to the spines of each volume.
A slight bit of loss to the gilt title on the Return of the King. Otherwise the gilt is still bright.
Each volume features Bevel-Edged boards, gilded page edges, and original silk bookmark sewn in.

The books are in Very Good Plus condition, with a few marks and some rubbing to the gilded edges, no writing or inscriptions in any of the books. One tiny scratch/hole in the cloth on The Fellowship, right at the notch in the slipcase, very likely from pulling the book out of the slipcase. The textblock is clean and unmarked, with a very tight binding. The spine of the Two Towers is a matching black color, not the lighter or stretched version that is a common flaw with this edition. Seems to only occur with the Two Towers, and never the other two books.

The books are housed in the very scarce original publishers slipcase featuring the Pauline Baynes color "Triptych" artwork. This case has one bumped corner, and a little rubbing to the corners as is often found. Clean and bright, with a couple of corner splits neatly repaired.

One of the nicest sets overall I've run across in years. The scarcest of all the original Allen & Unwin 1st Editions, as well as the Houghton Mifflin issues. According to publishers records, 1000 or less sets produced.

Briefly mentioned in the Tolkien bibliography by Hammond and Anderson on page 98. The outside of the slipcase show some superficial rubbing, but is whole & complete, without any major stains or faults.

A rare opportunity for this scarce set and slipcase.

 
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The scarcest of all the original Allen & Unwin 1st Editions, as well as the Houghton Mifflin issues. According to publishers records, 1000 or less sets produced.
The outside of the slipcase show some superficial rubbing, but is whole & complete, without any major stains or faults.
The Fellowship of the Ring Deluxe
1st Deluxe Lotr set
Lord of the Rings map
The books are housed in the very scarce original publishers slipcase featuring the Pauline Baynes color "Triptych" artwork.
Map from Lord of the Rings
1st Deluxe Lord of the Rings
 
 
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