The Tolkien Library Box set was published in 1978 by George Allen & Unwin. It includes The Hobbit, three volumes of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
This set retains the original publisher's wrapping.

Highly collectable Tolkien books set still in publishers cellophane, rare find

ISBN 0048231584.
5 hardbacks in dustjackets in publishers slipcase.
Hammond pp.55 & 138.

The slipcase features the photograph of J.R.R. Tolkien by Billett Potter. The publisher's cellophane is creased and split, with tears and an open area at one end. The visible jackets and slipcase retain strong colour.

All five books were described as unread in the original catalogue. The interiors are not shown in the photographs and have not been re-examined.

A five-volume Tolkien Library set retaining its publisher's presentation, including the portrait slipcase and surviving original wrapping.


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