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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1966. Complete second edition of each title of Tolkien’s epic, best-selling Lord of the Rings Trilogy with a later edition of The Hobbit. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in contemporary red morocco with morocco spine labels and motifs onlaid in six compartments within raised bands, matching motifs stamped in blind on the front panel of volume, marbled endpapers to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, illustrated with drawings and folding maps. Signed by the binder, Jean Gladstone-Goodwin, on the verso of inserted custom-made title pages of typescript, pen and ink. In good condition with rubbing to the spine and extremities of each volume, a few abrasions to the front and rear panels of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, sunning to the front panel of The Return of the King, detached title pages to The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, some rippling to the front free endpaper of The Return of the King, and a few loose endpapers in The Hobbit.…

The second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's high fantasy adventure The Lord of the Rings, 'The Two Towers', continues the story of the quest to destroy the One Ring. The fellowship is scattered, and its members take different paths in order to combat the spread of darkness by the evil Sauron and his allies. New alliances are formed and epic battles are fought, setting the stage for the story's climax in the final volume.