The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. Three volumes in one. Special 50th anniversary edition.
London: HarperCollins, 2004. 8vo. First impression thus. This reset edition first published in 2002. Twelfth impression of that reset edition. The Lord of the Rings first published 1954-5. Original quarter maroon hardcovers, stamped in red and gold foil on grey boards, and housed in a matching slipcase. Yellow silk marker ribbon. Full-colour plate section featuring three pages from the Book of Mazarbul, created by J. R. R. Tolkien, with two additional Hobbit family trees by him. It includes the original red and black maps drawn by Christopher Tolkien, two of which appear as fold-out sheets. Bought in the original shrink-wrap which has been removed in order to catalogue the book. As new. Item #8647
This edition, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of The Fellowship of the Ring, also includes the appendices and a revised and updated index. The 'definitive' edition of the text. The publisher's accompanying description states that the covers are red and the marker ribbon is red as well; both statements are wrong.
Price: £100.00