The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King. Three Volumes. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956; 1956; 1957. Fifth, Fourth & Third Impressions, respectively. Publisher’s red cloth boards, titles in gilt to spines. Jacket of ‘The Fellowship’ is a sixth issue (tape repaid to rear, price-clipped, light fading); jacket of ‘Two Towers’ is a third impression, in very good condition. Overall a very god set of this early issue.

First published between 1954 & 1955, The Lord of the Rings is one of the greatest books of the twentieth century.