Name: Auction: Tolkien, J. R. R. [The Lord of the Rings:]
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 3000 GBP
Availability: InStock

Lyon &amp; Turnbull are pleased to announce their October 2025 Books &amp; Manuscripts auction, taking place live and online from Edinburgh. The sale will present a carefully curated selection of printed books, manuscripts, maps, autographs and archives that span centuries of intellectual, literary and cultural achievement. &nbsp;Highlights from the autumn sale include fine bindings and library sets from the libraries of the late Earl of Airlie and from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie, signed documents and letters from literary and historical figures ranging from John Ruskin to Duleep Singh, an important collection of Middle Eastern photography documenting the transformation of the region with the discovery of oil, and a large collection of travel narratives from the 18th to the 20th centuries.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954-5. First editions, first impressions (Return of the King p. 49 without sagging type and signature mark), 8vo, 423, 352, 416 pp., original red cloth, top edges dyed red, folding map in red and black to rear of each volume, Fellowship with map of the Shire to p. 25, spines faded, covers variably marked, Fellowship with small nick to head of front joint, a little bleeding of edge-dye into endpapers, old staining to pp. 18-19, Return of the King with small dent to head of front board [Hammond A5a i-iii] (3)

[The Lord of the Rings:]

Tolkien, J. R. R.

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Tolkien, J. R. R.

[The Lord of the Rings:]

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