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-----The scans you see are the books you get. All three soft covers in slipcase/box, tight square true & clean, flat uncreased spines, Near Fine condition, in a Very Good Plus slipcase/box with minor edge wear/small 1/2" (inche) tears at back clasp area (minor), a touch of toning to inside rear. Check out the scans.

All three titles The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King in one volume. A very heavy book - extra postage will apply.

Unbound. No Jacket. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine, The Original Color Vintage Advertisement 1978 PAGE ( Now Playing at a Theatre Near You ! )

Number of books: 1.

There is light wear around the corners; a bit of spine creasing and some light cover creasing and a bit of book warp on all three books. This set includes all three volumes A-4, A-5, A-6 (Fellowship / Two Towers / Return of the King.) This is the Ace Books "pirated edition" from 1965. This is the only paperback 'LotR' to be printed based on the original HC 1st Edition. All other paperbacks are based on the revised editions. Ace Books determined that LotR's had fallen into the public domain in the United States, and launched their own edition in spring 1965. So to secure the American copyright, Tolkien was asked to submit new material to create a new Edition (the revised editions), and to secure their copyright beyond question. Tolkien conducted a personal campaign against Ace Books in letters to his American fans. The "War over Middle-earth' was fought in the popular press, with the publicity contributing to increased sales and popularity. Within a year, Ace gave in to public pressure. They agreed to print no more copies, and they negotiated royalties to be paid to Tolkien.

Hardcovers with matching dust jackets. Condition: all Near Fine. Revised Second Edition with no previous owner's marks or gift dedications throughout; very clean and uniform red publisher's matching top stain to all three volumes; fold-out maps in all three volumes are in fine condition. Dust jackets are not price-clipped (£1.95) throughout. The Fellowship of The Ring, 1971. Near Fine: very clean and bright gilt lettered spine with hard bottom tip and dark red boards with four sharp corners; tiny amount of spotting to front paste down and to first end paper, none to the rest of the first eight pages before the text; very clean and tight text block with no marks or spotting. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine: very clean dark grey ground with white and black lettering to front panel and to spine with no fading; no losses or tears; just a very few tiny white spots and scuffs to spine and to two of four flap corners; rear panel is a little marked with a very thin stain to the bottom edge only. The Two Towers, 1971: Near Fine: similar condition to previous volume, but with no spotting at all to paste downs or to end papers. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine: as above, but with no spotting nor stain to verso; very thin off-white line to edge of rear flap bend and to part of bottom edge of front flap. The Return of The King, 1971. Near Fine condition as above: but with particularly bright and clean spine and boards. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine: as above, but with tiny white scuffs to grey spine tips; two-inch red half-circle mark to verso and brown age stains to rear flap edge. Altogether, a very handsome set in exceptionally good condition for its age.