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THREE VOLUMES. SECOND EDITION. 1st printings. 8vo. (9 x 5.9 inches). All three volumes are first printings of the second edition text, all published in 1966. Fold out map at end of each volume. Finely bound in recent half red morocco leather. Spines with raised bands, compartments lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. A fine, clean set in fine leather bindings. -- More photos available on request.

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.