THE LORD OF THE RINGS BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN 1968 FIRST COMBINED PAPERBACK EDITION

[TOLKIEN, J.R.R.]. The Lord of the Rings. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968.

FIRST SINGLE VOLUME EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Three parts in one; softcover; paperback; octavo (21 x 14 x 4 cm); pp. 1077, [2]. English text. Bound in publisher's original pictorial covers; illustrated. Condition: NEAR FINE. Binding tight, secure and square. Covers beautifully preserved with just the faintest hint of rubbing to the points. The interior remaining crisp and clean, with a contemporary previous owner name and date neatly inked to the half-title page. Top page edges with a very faint splash mark, the bottom edge with a trivial dark mark. Extremely scarce in such a well-preserved state.

Notes: The first combined paperback edition, first impression, in near immaculate condition. Three parts in one book, consisting: Part I. The Fellowship of the Ring; Part II. The Two Towers; Part III. The Return of the King.