The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The 1968, 1st Single Volume Edition, fully rebound in black leather.
All edges trimmed with red topstain.
Hand marbled endpapers and black silk ribbon marker sewn in.
Illustrated Wraps and Spine bound in preceeding and following the text block.
Text block is clean and bright, with no names or writing to be found.
The full black leather binding features tolkien's "Ring and Eye" design, from the original dustjackets, with Title and Author gilt stamped on the front boards.
The spine of the book features raised bands with gilt rules, red leather inserts with the Title and Author gilt stamped.
Also has a smaller version of the 'Ring and Eye' gilt stamped in red.
Publisher and date, 1968, gilt stamped at the bottom of the spine.
The size makes it very comfortable to handle, and the heavier paper stock makes a nice high quality reading copy, versus the thinner more fragile india paper offered in other single volume editions from this era.
A spectacular presentation of this classic of fantasy literature.
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