THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings.
424 pages, (i) imprint page, folding map printed in red and black mounted on the verso of the rear free endpaper, dark red cloth over boards, titled in gilt on the spine within a decorative ring, top edge stained red. Offsetting from the dust jacket on the endpapers, light foxing on the rear free endpaper upon which the folding map is mounted, bookseller’s ticket of The Vanguard Bookshop, Johannesburg at the bottom of the front free endpaper, original invoice from the Vanguard Bookshop loosely inserted – dated 22-XI-1954, price £1. 6s., contents very good. Dust jacket slightly sunned on the spine and with some soiling and light wear along the edges, price ‘21s net’ altered in pencil to 26/- reflecting the higher price charged in South Africa. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Limited, Norwich.
Hammond (Wayne G.) J.R.R. Tolkien, A Descriptive Bibliography, (1993), page 82ff, A5a, i - iii, ‘Published 29 July 1954 at 21s.; 3000 copies printed. 2500 copies bound before publication by Jarrold & Sons. 500 copies bound in September 1954 by Key & Whiting.’
THE TWO TOWERS, Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings.
352 pages, folding map printed in red and black mounted on the verso of the rear free endpaper, dark red cloth over boards – slight darkening of the cloth in the joints, titled in gilt on the spine within a decorative ring, top edge stained red. Light off setting from the dust jacket on the endpapers, bookseller’s ticket of The Vanguard Bookshop, Johannesburg at the bottom of the front free endpaper, contents very good. Dust jacket slightly sunned on the spine and with some soiling and light wear along the edges, small hole at the top of the fold of the rear flap, price ‘21s net’ altered in pencil to 26/- reflecting the higher price charged in South Africa, Printed by Jarrold & Sons Limited, Norwich.
Hammond, ‘Published 11 November 1954 at 21s.; 3250 copies printed.'
THE RETURN OF THE KING, Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings.
416 pages, folding map printed in red and black mounted on the verso of the rear free endpaper, dark red cloth over boards, titled in gilt on the spine within a decorative ring, top edge stained red (with some very light splash stains near the top of the spine). Light off setting from the dust jacket on the front free endpaper but not on the rear endpapers, light foxing on the rear free endpaper upon which the folding map is mounted, bookseller’s ticket of The Vanguard Bookshop, Johannesburg at the bottom of the front free endpaper, contents very good. Dust jacket slightly sunned on the spine and with some soiling and light wear along the edges, price ‘21s net’ altered in pencil to 26/- reflecting the higher price charged in South Africa, Printed by Jarrold & Sons Limited, Norwich.
Hammond, 'Published 20 October 1955 at 21s.; 7000 copies printed. The signature mark on page 49 is not present and the lines of type in the middle of the page are not sagging.'
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