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Unpublished Manuscript Found?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, 7th/5th/4th Impressions 1957/57/58. 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. Second state of the slipcase.
Available 1958 to 1959. 500 sets produced. Boxed in three batches:
150 in November 1958 Slipcases manufactured by Jarrold & Sons.
Covered with grey textured paper. Includes various impressions 1957-59:
FR - 7th or 8th Impressions One set has been seen containing a 3rd Impression of RK along with a 7th Impression of FR and a 5th Impression of TT. |
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