JRR TOLKIEN THE LORD OF THE RINGS 1954-1955 A super early 2nd, 1st, 1st, Set

  
JRR Tolkien's: The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship is a second impression (1954), The Two Towers in a first impression (1954), and The Return of the King is a first impression (1955). They are in their original bindings - no dust jackets. I would leave it up to the purchaser whether they would want these rebound or displayed / protected in facsimile jackets. The spines are faded and there are spots on the binding (mostly to Towers as the pictures show). The spine cloth on Towers is also split in places but easily hanging on. There is an ink ownership to the endpapers and some spotting in the text, which is fairly typical and nothing too bad. The pages do look fairly bright and the original maps are at the back.

The Return of the King has the footnote'4' on Pg. 49 and the sloping text (as pictured).

Really, the pictures do pretty much say all. They will also come with a lovely slipcase. Sets like this do not come up very often - especially at this price.

There are not many first impressions of The Two Towers to be had, but I will not split up the set - this will not last. If you would like tracking to the UK, it can be arranged, but I believe the cost is quite a bit.