NMLP P-012770 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

The Lord of the Rings trilogy matched-set signed firsts

J.R.R. Tolkien · Allen & Unwin · 1954

Book-club editions and later impressions reprint the text but are not the first edition and are far less collectible. Verify each volume against the first-impression points above, and confirm the Return of the King first state (no signature mark '4', slipped type on page 49) — see book-club edition vs. first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-012770 for "The Lord of the Rings trilogy matched-set signed firsts" by J.R.R. Tolkien (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012770, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).