THE LORD OF THE RINGS, comprising: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING; THE TWO TOWERS; THE RETURN OF THE KING (3 VOLS)
by TOLKIEN, J R R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Havant, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1963. 1st Edition 14th Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lovely rebind in red calf, with white title labels and gilt banding to the backstrips. Boards lightly rubbed and lightly marked, fore edge foxed, ink inscription to rear prelim of The Fellowship Of the Ring. All Clean throughout. Lovely set. Very Good. All volumes are the classic and highly desirable 1st edition format, in later printings. These are the 14th / 11th / 10th impressions, dating 1965 / 1965 / 1963.
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- Bookseller
- Tobo Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008384
- Title
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS, comprising: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING; THE TWO TOWERS; THE RETURN OF THE KING (3 VOLS)
- Author
- TOLKIEN, J R R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 14th Impression
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- -1
- Keywords
- Non-Classifiable
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...