The Lord of The Rings. The De Luxe Edition. London: Allen & Co., 1976. Fifth Impression. Publisher’s black cloth with pictorial design by Tolkien in gold and silver (depicting the Numenorean Throne with ‘Elendil’ in Tengwar) to upper cover. Title lettered in gilt to spine, in original tissue paper dust jacket. Housed in the original publisher’s box. A fine copy.

With colour folded maps in text. This De Luxe Edition is printed on India Paper, allowing the trilogy to be produced in one volume. 

First published in this format in 1969

Nice gift edition.