Links to Articles
Publishing The Lord of the Rings
V The First Impression of RotK
VI The First Boxed Edition
VII The Readers Union Edition
VIII The First Deluxe Edition
IX Printing and Binding LotR
XIV LotR: A Bibliography
XV LotR: A Bibliography of Slipcases
The History of Middle-earth series
Other Articles
Christopher Tolkien Bibliography
I Think I've Got A Hobbit
Missing Images
Nasty Tricksy Hobbits
Printing and Binding The Hobbit
Songs for the Philologists
The Princess Hobbit
-- Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien
-- Gandalf: Not 'Magician' but 'Wizard'
-- Visions of Gollum
-- Of Smaug and the Jabberwock
-- Magazine Gallery
Tolkien Calendars
Tolkien the Esperantist?
Tolkien's Languages and Alphabets
Unpublished Manuscript Found?
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The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1st Edition, 6th/5th/3rd Impressions 1956/57/57. George Allen & Unwin. London. Hardbacks in slipcase. Hammond Page Ref: p.98. The maps are inserted on fold-out sheets at the rear of each volume. Image opposite courtesy of TolkienBooks.us First state of the slipcase.
Available 1957 to 1958. 500 sets produced. Boxed October 1957. Slipcases manufactured by C. Davidson & Sons.
Covered with grey textured paper. Includes 1956-57 impressions:
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6th Impression 1956 The 6th Impression 1956 of FR misidentifies itself as the 5th Impression December 1956. |
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