Books

423; 352; 416pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Three volumes, bound in blue cloth. Each volume has the title stamped in gilt on the spine. With spots of soiling and rubbing, and professional repairs to binding. Lacking the dust jackets. In a supplied slipcase. "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers" are early printings of the US first edition, while "The Return of the King" is a first printing.

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.