The Lord of the Rings Trilogy JRR TOLKIEN First US Edition Set 13,13,16 1st

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. First American edition, later printings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. First American edition, early printings: 13th, 13th and 16th printings respectively.

In publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt with folding maps at rear. Near Fine with bumped corners, small bookseller tickets to front pastedowns in all volumes, maps intact at rear.

In Near Fine dust unclipped jackets with mild spine fading and light edge wear; short closed tear to head of The Return of the King.