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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 1st illus thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. alan lee. Hardcover set, includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Red cloth with gilt decorations on covers and spines and gilt lettering on spines. All the volumes as well as the dust jackets are in fine condition. Illustrated by Alan Lee. with color plates and endpaper maps. ALL THREE VOLUMES SIGNED BY LEE on title page. Pictorial slipcase like new. Record # 351552

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002. 1st illus thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. alan lee. Hardcover set, includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Red cloth with gilt decorations on covers and spines and gilt lettering on spines. All the volumes as well as the dust jackets are in fine condition. Illustrated by Alan Lee. with color plates and endpaper maps. ALL THREE VOLUMES SIGNED BY LEE on title page. Pictorial slipcase like new. Record # 351475

London and New York: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. / Ballantine Books, 1969. Press release, issued in haste by Ballantine Books, reproducing George Allen & Unwin's UK release (dated 16 October, 1969) announcing the sale of the film rights to The Lord of the Rings to American film studio United Artists. "The agreement that has been reached has the full approval of Professor Tolkien, and he, like his publishers, looks forward in due course to hearing from United Artists further details about what must undoubtedly be regarded as a major event in the cinema of the nineteen seventies." According to Tolkien Gateway, UA acquired the rights for just over £100,000. After a Peter Shaffer script was abandoned, they commissioned John Boorman to write a screenplay, though by 1970, it was deemed too expensive and ultimately never produced. The prospect of film adaptation was considered and abandoned by various parties (Denis O'Dell, Stanley Kubrick, and Michaelangelo Antonioni) until UA sold most of their rights to… Read More

UK: HarperCollins. A near fine UK centenary edition first printing thus - in a near fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & DATED BY ALAN LEE - Pictures available upon request. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1991.

London: Harper Collins. A beautiful, three volume slipcased edition - all volumes are first printings in fine dustjackets (near fine slipcase) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - ALL 3 VOLUMES SIGNED BY ALAN LEE - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2008.

London: Harper Collins. A beautiful, three volume slipcased edition - all volumes are first printings in fine dustjackets - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - ALL THREE VOLUMES ARE SIGNED BY ALAN LEE WHO HAS KINDLY ADDED A SKETCH TO VOL 1 - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2008.

Oxford: np, 1953. First edition. custom folder. Very Good. EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE PUBLICATION, TOLKIEN ANXIOUSLY INTRODUCES HIS MASTERPIECE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, TO A FAN OF THE HOBBIT. Tolkien had begun work on The Lord of the Rings in December of 1937 and by early 1950, after over twelve years of labor, the writing was essentially complete. The road to publication, however, was not an easy one, for Tolkien feared his book would have difficulty finding an audience. In February, 1950, he wrote about his concerns to his publisher (Allen & Unwin): "My work has escaped from my control and I have produced a monster: an immensely long, complex, rather bitter, and rather terrifying romance, quite unfit for children (if fit for anybody)." (Carpenter, 213). Tolkien's admission that he had produced a "monster" turned out to be prescient, for seeing the book through publication proved to be a challenge for both him and his publisher and three years after completion, the first volume (The Fellowship of the… Read More

Oxford: np, 1954. First edition. custom folder. Very Good. A REMARKABLY REVEALING LETTER: TOLKIEN DISCUSSES HIS SPECIFIC FEARS ABOUT THE TWO TOWERS AND DEFINES "THE FOUNDATION" OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND CONNECTS IT TO HIS LIFE'S WORK. The Fellowship of the Ring (the first volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy) was published on July 29, 1954. There were a number of rave reviews (mostly notably from Tolkien's friend C.S. Lewis) but there were also enough harsh or critical assessments (particularly the reviews in the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times) to concern Tolkien and make him anxious about the reception of the second volume, The Two Towers. Professional reviews were one worry, but Tolkien always seemed even more eager to discover if his works connected with "regular" readers as well. One such reader whose opinion he held in high regards, was one of his early supporters, Miss F.L. Perry, whom he had corresponded with earlier about The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. The present letter… Read More