J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of th...

Hammer

£1,000

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King', London, George Allen & Unwin, 3 volumes, 'The Two Towers', 1954, 1st edition, 1st impression, 'The Return of the King', 1955, 1st edition, 1st impression, signature mark '4' and sagging text on p.49, both with bookplates of Margaret Louise Hunter (later Hewett, 1934-2022), South African legal historian, to front pastedowns and her ownership signatures to FFEP's, 'The Fellowship of the Ring', February 1956, 1st edition, 5th impression, ownership signature/marking on FFEP, all with folding maps at rear as called for, all original cloth gilt, all supplied in facsimile dust jackets (3)