Books

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. First Edition, Fifth. 423 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. A fold-out two-colour map at rear. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters. A small tear to map. Very small pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has slight forward lean and the corners are slightly bumped. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably tanned. Some staining and water marking to front.

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.