Fellowship of the Ring:Two Towers:Return of the King:Complete Guide To Middle Earth (4VOLS) First Ed – J R R Tolkien :

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Fellowship of the Ring:Two Towers:Return of the King:Complete Guide To Middle Earth (4VOLS) First Edition in 3 voluems PLUS The Definitive Companion to the world of J J R Tolkien (The complete Guide to Middle Earth) (total volumes 4)
HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2002. Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. Alan Lee (illustrator).
First Edition. Volume 1: The Fellowship of the Ring; [10], XI – XX, 410, [2] pages, Note on the text, foreword to the second edition, prologue Concerning Hobbits, and Other Matters. Map illustrated end pages, showing the West of Middle-Earth at the End of the Third Age. Colour illustrated frontispiece and the decorations within the text have all been drawn by Alan Lee. Dark rose coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed author’s initials to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, again by Alan Lee, with white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip.
Volume 2: The Two Towers; [6], VII – X, [4], 415 – 750, [2] pages, synopsis. Map illustrated end pages, showing The West of Middle-Earth at the end of the third age. The decorations within the text have been drawn by Alan Lee. Dark rose coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed author’s initials to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, again by Alan Lee with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip.
Volume 3: [6], VII – XII, [4], 755 – 1170 pages, synopsis, six appendices and four indices. Map illustrated endpapers showing the lands of Rohan, Gondor and Mordor.
Volume 4 : The Complete Guide too Middle Earth 500+ pages Illustrated Robert Foster Illustrated by Ted Nasmith
The illustrations within the text have been drawn by Alan Lee. Dark rose coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed author’s initials to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, again by Alan Lee, with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour illustrated laminated slipcase with yellow and white coloured titles to the backstrip, illustrated by Alan Lee. A beautiful edition of this classic. First reset edition of 2002.
All of the books and their dust wrapper’s are in good shape, and corner of the rear panel along with some white marks. The corners show a little bumping. No slipcase, on the other hand. T
First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series.All covered in protective Cellophane (no sticky tape) No inscriptions, dust wrappers MINT, boos x MINT