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Published by Allen & Unwin, London, UK, 1968, 1968, 1968. Three volumes. Second edition, third impressions. Original cloth gilt. Dustwrappers. Size: 15cm x 23cm. pp.424 + 352 + 440 + folding maps. The revised edition of Tolkien's masterpiece. Condition: 'The Fellowship of the Ring': Very slight creasing to the cloth to the base of the spine, minor creasing to the prelims with a printer's error to the front blank, resulting in the top right hand corner being folded over. Fore-edge slightly spotted. Cloth exceptionally bright and clean. A very near fine, tight copy in a fine, very near faultless dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped. 'The Two Towers': Cloth very slightly creased to the base of the spine but exceptionally bright and clean. Fore-edge slightly spotted. A fine, tight copy in a fine, very near faultless dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped. 'The Return Of The King': Cloth very slightly creased to the base of the spine but exceptionally bright and clean. Fore-edge slightly spotted. A fine, tight copy in a fine, very near faultless dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped. Overall, a truly fine and matching set in pristine dustwrappers. Scarce thus.

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J.R.R. Tolkien. It is followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The story begins with the discovery of the One Ring, which had been lost for centuries, and follows a group of heroes who set out on a quest to destroy it and prevent the dark lord Sauron from fulfilling his malevolent designs.