Tolkien, J.R.R.

8vo, 3 volumes, first American editions, illustrations, maps including folding maps at end of each volume, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on upper covers and spines, dust-jackets, slightly bumped at extremities, dust-jackets slightly soiled, some loss to dust-jacket for volume one, some minor chips to dust-jacket for volume three, bookplate laid down to volume three

Hammond A5(b)

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A relatively rare set, complete with dust-jackets. As noted by Hammond, the print-runs were 1500, 1000 and 5000 copies, respectively, for the individual titles. The description of The Two Towers given by Hammond in J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography has been revised in The Tolkien Collector 23 (July 2000).