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TOLKIEN**, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]: : THE LORD OF THE RINGS. [Parts 1-3.]

LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES.1971.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published in 3 separate volumes between 1954- 1955,then a 2nd edn in 1966.This edition is believed to be the first book Club issue in 1971.]VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (absence of publisher's price - as a Book Club issue) to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork,by Pauline Baynes, illustrated dw/dj,with reddish lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and some creasing to edges and corners.Some minimal but miniscule nicks/closed tears with reciprocal loss - no major nicks or tears present - minimal bumping to both head+ foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj with reciprocal creasing too.Top edges slightly aged with some minimal foxing/grubbing, fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents solid,bright,tight and clean - text block near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear very much unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp- cornered,publisher's original plain sage green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers with NO off-set foxing from dw/djs' internal flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-1077pp [paginated] includes a foreword,a prologue (concerning Hobbits etc.) contents list/table, Pts 1-3 in 6 books comprising 12,10,11,10,10,and 9 chapters respectively,an appendix,b/w maps +illus by J.R.R Tolkien throughout the text and the book plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram with b/w maps of Middle Earth to it's recto,Books' separator pages and either single or double-page b/w maps to each Book part,and 2pp blanks at the rear.Complete trilogy in one volume. For this marvellous story Tolkien has created his own mythology,and woven a spell-binding tale around the momentous struggle for the magic Ring; the eternal struggle between Good and Evil.He gives us a fantastic diversity of scene (wars,migrations,even whole epochs),and of characters - dwarves,elves,dragons,as well as races of men.And never for a moment during the 1,000 page tale does his inspiration flag,and nor does the reader's belief in the magicl world Tolkien has created. The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' and those who are going to read them.Which one are you? Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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