The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, & The Return of the King

London: Readers Union George Allen Unwin Ltd, 1960. First Book Club edition, approx. 3000 sets produced for members of the Readers Union, and not for general sale. 423 pp., with folding map; 352 pp., with folding map; 416 pp., with folding map. 8vo. Brown cloth-textured paper-covered boards. Grey dust jackets with sunning to spine: Fellowship's jacket with some wear along edges, bit of loss to foot of spine, old tape repairs, and former ownership signature to ffep; Two Towers with slight wear along foot of front flap hinge of jacket; otherwise it and Return are very good or better. Custom slipcase. First Book Club edition, approx. 3000 sets produced for members of the Readers Union, and not for general sale. 423 pp., with folding map; 352 pp., with folding map; 416 pp., with folding map. 8vo. Hammond contends that this edition was printed from the 9th impression of the first Unwin edition, repackaged, with new art for the dust jacket. Hammond, p. 98