The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door..." J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY; FINELY BOUND

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

TOLKIEN, J.R.R..

$4,500.00

Item Number: 137255

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955-1956.

Finely bound set of each title comprising the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, watered silk endleaves, all edges marbled, ribbons bound in, folding maps. The sets includes a first edition, first impression of The Return of the King; first edition, second impression of The Two Towers; first edition, fifth impression of The Fellowship of the Ring. In very good condition.

The Lord of the Rings began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II in letters to his son, "and finally, having polished it to his own satisfaction, published it as a trilogy from 1954 to 1955, a volume at a time, impatiently awaited by a growing audience. It is considered one of this century’s lasting contributions to that borderland of literature between youth and age. It seems destined to become this century’s contribution to that select list of books which continue through the ages to be read by children and adults with almost equal pleasure." (Eyre, 134-35). It has went on to become the third best selling novel of all-time with 150 million copies sold.

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