THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

Thirteenth, tenth and tenth impressions of the 1954 and 1955 first editions. Three volumes. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the publisher's original card slipcase. Folding map to the rear of each volume. Top edge red. Lacking the dustwrappers. A lovely near fine set, the bindings suqare and firm with minor bumping to the extremities, the cloth and gilt, bright and fresh. The red top edges still bright. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The maps are in fine condition. Housed in the publisher's original grey card slipcase with white paper printed in red, pasted to one side, as issued. The structurally sound slipcase is a little worn to the extremities.

An early set of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece of fantasy fiction. The slipcase appears to be in the sixth state, one of the final batch of 230 sets.