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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Unpublished Manuscript Found?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, 10th/8th/7th Impressions 1961. 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. Sixth state of the slipcase.
Available 1961 to 1964. More than 8,000 sets produced?? Boxed in 18 batches: Starting in July[?] 1961 and continuing until September 1964. Information for 1961 is very patchy, so additional sets may have been made at that time. Slipcases manufactured by Jarrold & Sons.
Covered with grey textured paper. Includes various impressions 1961-63:
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