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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1954/1955/1956 1st US Editions, 1st impression/1st impression/1st impression, respectively. An exceptional and lovely set of first editions of this classic of fantasy literature. The set is housed in a custom leather slipcase with gold stamping of Tolkien's Ring and Eye design to side panel, the JRRT monogram to the rear, and the White Tree of Gondor to the front panel, to show and protect this beautiful set. The set is all original cloth with the correct original 1st State dustjackets. The Fellowship of the Ring is the true 1st US printing or impression, from the same print run as the UK edition, with the 1954 date to the title page. The dustjacket of the Fellowship of the Ring has a scrape, creating a small hole at the upper back fold of the spine, a small amount of loss at…