THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1955]. First American Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 423 pages. In Very Good minus condition, with a Good dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear to boards, including bumping to head, tail, and corners; sun-fading to spine (lettering remains clear and legible); cocking to spine (boards shaken, slight shelf lean, gutter visible between front paste-down and front free endpaper, binding intact); age-toning to text block; notations in pencil on verso of page 423 and back free endpaper; fold-out map re-attached to back paste-down with non archival tape; light age-toning to interior pages, text remains clear and legible. Dust jacket protected by a mylar covering; spine yellow with red lettering. Moderate wear to dust jacket, including chipping and tears with material loss to head, tail, and corners; non-archival tape applied to exterior and interior of jacket on corners, along hinge, and across spine; sun-fading to spine (lettering to spine affected yet legible); age-toning to dust jacket, particularly to margins of flaps. WH consignment. Shelved in Case 8. More




