Lord of the Rings - Three Volumes Complete With Original Slipcase

A complete three-volume set comprising The Fellowship of the Ring (423 pp.) this has a very small nick to the top of the jacket, The Two Towers (352 pp.), and The Return of the King (416 pp.), published by George Allen & Unwin and bound in the original cream boards, housed in the publisher’s original slipcase, previous owners name to the front free endpaers. A particularly attractive early collected edition, the volumes in fine condition, clean, bright and tight throughout, with the slipcase also in excellent order. The Lord of the Rings is widely regarded as the foundation of modern high fantasy, its richly imagined world, languages, and mythology establishing a model for the genre that has influenced generations of writers. One of the best-selling works of fiction ever published, the trilogy has sold in excess of 150 million copies worldwide Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, a distinguished Oxford philologist and scholar of Old English and Norse literature, the work was composed over a period of some twelve years, from 1937 to 1949, reflecting the depth and complexity of his invented world.A handsome and increasingly scarce set in such well-preserved condition. Would make the ideal gift for the Tolkien collector.