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Unpublished Manuscript Found?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, 8th/6th/5th Impressions 1959. 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. Fourth state of the slipcase.
Available 1960. 1,060 sets produced?? Boxed in three batches:
500 in April 1960 Slipcases manufactured by Jarrold & Sons.
Covered with grey textured linson. Includes various impressions 1959-60:
FR - 8th or 9th Impressions The 9th Impression 1960 of FR misidentifies itself as the 8th Impression 1960. |
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