Title: The Lord of the Rings
Author: JRR Tolkien
Published by: George Allen and Unwin
Year: 1978
Edition: 1st one volume deluxe ed. 6th imp.
Binding: Hardback (box missing)
Deluxe one volume India Paper edition.
I can remember picking this up from a second-hand bookshop in Twickenham. Just a couple of pounds. I had no idea this edition even existed, and couldn’t believe how beautiful it was.
This one is missing the original box though. I later found another copy with the original box.
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I have a copy of this book, pristine condition including the box, which has some wear on the corners.
I have a 1972 second impression of this beauty, still in its original slipcase, which I got as a 21st birthday present. The book remains in virgin condition, but the slipcase (which is of remarkably lightweight construction considering the quality of the book itself) is a bit chipped on several edges. The most amazing thing about the product is the ethereal weight of the paper – it’s the thinnest I’ve ever seen used on a book, and must have been a real bugger to print on!
I have a mint condition copy of 1978 with original box, wrapped in frosted glass interleave paper in a wooden box which I stained in Walnut then clear varnished then put on brass hinges and clasp with a brass plate on the box stating “Lord of the Rings, 1978 Deluxe Edition”.
price please