Never been read, opened only to take pictures in order to sell. Pet free, smoke free, air conditioned home. Handled with the utmost care.
Limited to 1,000 sets numbered and signed by Alan Lee. Quarter-bound in leather with cloth sides blocked in silver and inset with illustration labels. Circular limitation tip printed letterpress on Tintoretto paper hand tipped within a gold border. Set in Dante with Testament as display. 1,504 pages in total over three volumes printed on Munken Pure paper. Printed in black and burgundy throughout. 53 colour illustrations in total printed on Veltique paper tipped within printed borders.Endpapers printed with a design by the artist. Also included is a Note on the Text by Douglas A. Anderson, a Note on the Revised Text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, Tolkien's Foreword to the Second Edition and Prologue, as well as Appendices and Indexes.
Two maps printed together in black and red and enclosed in a case covered in blocked cloth. Hand-made cloth-covered slipcase blocked in silver and gunmetal with printed illustration inside.
Separate print presented in a folder of Pergamenata paper.