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Second edition, first impression, revised and corrected by Tolkien from the first edition published from 1954 to 1955. Aside from very minor changes in subsequent editions, this is the final and definitive text. Three vols, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, beige endpapers, top edges red. With dust jackets. Large folding map at rear of each vol., map of the Shire in Fellowship of the Ring, all printed in red and black. Minor rubbing to edges, contents clean; jackets unclipped, slight creasing and nicks to spine and fold ends, mark to head of spine panel of The Two Towers, overall bright and sharp: a near-fine set in like jackets. Hammond & Anderson A5e.

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.