NMLP P-036853 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien · George Allen & Unwin (London) · 1954

UK Allen & Unwin is the true first. The US Houghton Mifflin edition (October 1954) followed; its earliest impressions were made up from sheets printed in Great Britain by Allen & Unwin, so the UK issue has priority. For a first-edition set every volume must be a first impression, and sets are frequently mismatched.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036853 for "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036853, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).