J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien (edited): 'The History o...

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£250 - £350

J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien (edited): 'The History of Middle-Earth', 1983-1992, volumes 1-9 (of 12), London, George Allen & Unwin; Unwin Hyman; Harper Collins, volume 1, 1983, 1st edition, 3rd impression, volumes 2-9, 1st edition, 1st impressions, maps/illustrations throughout as called for, comprising 'The Book of Lost Tales' parts I & II; 'The Lays of Beleriand'; 'The Shaping of Middle-Earth'; ; 'The Lost Road'; 'The Return of the Shadow'; 'The Treason of Isengard'; 'The War of the Ring'; 'Sauron Defeated'; together with three others Tolkien, 'The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays', ed. Christopher Tolkien, L, George Allen & Unwin, 1983, 1st edition, 1st impression, 'Unfinished Tales', ed. Christopher Tolkien, L, George Allen & Unwin, 1980, 1st edition, 1st impression, 'The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien', ed. Humphrey Carpenter, L, George Allen & Unwin, 1981, 1st edition, 1st impression, all with contemporary ownership signatures/inscriptions at head of FFEP's, all original cloth gilt, all in dust wrappers (12)