J R R Tolkien / THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 1st American Edition, 3rd Printing
$ 1056.0
Description
J R R Tolkien / THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 1st American Edition, 3rd Printing. Author: Tolkien, J. R. R. Printed in the UK. From the sheets of the third UK impression, which is the second U.S printing, as the second and UK impression was not sent over and does not exist in the U.S. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Author: Tolkien, J. R. R. Title: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Publication: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1955] Edition: First American Edition, Third Printing Description: Octavo, 423 pages. In Very Good minus condition, with a Good dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear to boards, including bumping to head, tail, and corners; sun-fading to spine (lettering remains clear and legible); cocking to spine (boards shaken, slight shelf lean, gutter visible between front paste-down and front free endpaper, binding intact); age-toning to text block; notations in pencil on verso of page 423 and back free endpaper; fold-out map re-attached to back paste-down with non archival tape; light age-toning to interior pages, text remains clear and legible.Dust jacket protected by a mylar covering; spine yellow with red lettering. Moderate wear to dust jacket, including chipping and tears with material loss to head, tail, and corners; non-archival tape applied to exterior and interior of jacket on corners, along hinge, and across spine; sun-fading to spine (lettering to spine affected yet legible); age-toning to dust jacket, particularly to margins of flaps.WH consignment. Shelved in Case 8. NOTES First installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. First American Edition, Third Printing, with no date to copyright page, no price to jacket, with joint Houghton Mifflin Company imprint, no printings listed on copyright page. Printed in the UK. From the sheets of the third UK impression, which is the second U.S printing, as the second and UK impression was not sent over and does not exist in the U.S. One of 3,000 copies sent to the U.S. Seller ID: 1399140 Subject: Dupont Circle, Literature Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have an extensive internet presence and provide accredited appraisals member ASA. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
