Books

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1955-56. First edition, fifth, fourth and second impressions respectively, three volumes, 8vo. Folding red and black maps at the end of each volume, free endpapers with some browning. Cloth, spine ends with a little fading, foot of spine of the first volume slightly worn, d.w.'s backed onto plain paper, not price clipped, spines browned with some loss, particularly to the first volume.

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.