The Lord of the Rings trilogy

1. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring. Being the first part of The Lord of the Rings. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1965. First edition, fourteenth impression. Octavo, red cloth over boards (edges a little rubbed), gilt-lettered spine, top edge red, 423 pp., folding map tipped-in at rear (small hole at right margin), edges a little foxed, bookplate for Ian Tilling to front free endpaper, original illustrated dust jacket (lightly toned, not price-clipped), light offsetting to preliminaries, light marks to pp. 66-67.

2. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The two towers. Being the second part of The Lord of the Rings. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1965. First edition, eleventh impression. Octavo, red cloth over boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge red, 352 pp., folding map tipped-in at rear (short 1 cm tear at gutter), edges a little foxed, bookplate for Ian Tilling to front free endpaper, original illustrated dust jacket (lightly toned, not price-clipped), light offsetting to preliminaries.

3. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The return of the king. Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1963. Tenth impression. Octavo, red cloth over boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge red, 416 pp., folding map tipped-in at rear, edges a little foxed, bookplate for Ian Tilling to front free endpaper, eleventh impression illustrated dust jacket (lightly toned, not price-clipped), light offsetting to preliminaries.

A fine set of the key trilogy of twentieth-century high fantasy, in original, uniform dustjackets, with different impressions due to the staggered release dates of the books. A solid and square set with each volume containing the matching bookplate from the original owner, indicating it is not a mixed set, but rather acquired by the original owner at the time of publication. Increasingly difficult to find in such appealing, unrestored condition.