The Fellowship Of the Ring
by Tolkien, J R R
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It takes place in the fictional universe Middle-earth. It was originally published on July 29, 1954 in the United Kingdom. The volume consists of a Prologue "Concerning Hobbits, and other matters" followed by Book I and Book II.Tolkien's publisher worried that the 'high-fantasy' novel wouldn't sell, and broke the text into three volumes to cut costs: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Because the popularity had not been tested, initial print runs on the trilogy were low, making first states scarce and valuable.
First Edition Identification
The first edition, first printing of The Fellowship of the Ring was published in the UK by George Allen and Unwin. Only 3,000 copies were initially published. A fold out map in the read includes a red dot off the coast of Umbar as a first state point and 21s pricepoint on dustjacket.
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On Jul 14, 2022, Anonymous said
The Lord of the Rings is in my opinion the best story in the fantasy genre. The amount of detail that Tolkien pours into his work brings fictional characters, histories, and cultures to life. I have never read another book in this genre with the same level of craftsmanship.
On Dec 4, 2014, a reader said
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are simply fantastic, I would recommend them to one and all. I have read them numerous times and much better than the movies which are good.
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The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King; [The Lord of the Rings]; Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings; Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings; Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
by Tolkien, J.R.R.; [The Lord of the Rings]
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- Used - Very near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Second edition
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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£3,133.52
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Second edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 3 vol. 8vo. [7], 6-423, [5]; [6], 9-352; Black cloth with an orange and gold design (the ring and the eye of Sauron) on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Black cloth with a red and gold design on the front board… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring (Limited Collector's Edition)
by Tolkien, J. R. R
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- Used - Collectable - Very Good Condition
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- 2nd printing 1st ed
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- 2013
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- Hardback
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- 9780007522903
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- 1
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR
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£254.00
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HarperCollins Publishers, London, United Kingdom, 2013. 2nd printing 1st ed. Hardback. Collectable - Very Good Condition. VG 2nd impression 2013 Limited Collector's Edition Harpercollins clothbound hardcover, beautiful cover design. Some corner pushing to boards only, else VG tight and unmarked. Terrific volume, the scarcest of the trilogy in this reissue series. All three volumes available… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
by Tolkien, J. R. R.
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- New
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- 9780618002221
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LONG BEACH, California, USA
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£2.37
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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- Used-Like New
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- 1994
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- Paperback
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- 9780345339706
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Temecula, California, USA
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£14.85
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This book is in like new, excellent condition. There are small nicks to the bar code on the back cover. The cover is otherwise shiny and smooth. A single black line stripes the bottom left edge of the book. The pages remain crisp and clean with no writing, marks or tears on the cover or pages. Despite the minor imperfections,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King (second revised edition)
by TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- 2nd impression
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- 1967
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- 1
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, GBR
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£250.00
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TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King
George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1967, second revised edition, second impression three volume set, hardbacks with wrappers. VG+/vg. Scarlet cloth/gilt, scarlet printed top page edges, related Tolkien map in the backs of each edition.
Wrappers on each volume rubbed on spine ends - all now… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King
by Tolkien, J.R.R.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, GBR
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£2,450.00
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London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1954. Three Volumes with unclipped dust jackets in very good condition: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of The King. Cloth hardcovers, 423 pages, 352 pages, 416 pages respectively, with folding maps of Middle Earth at the rear of each volume. Gilt lettering to the spines. Fellowship is a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings
by Tolkien, J.R.R.
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition (23rd)
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395489314
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- 1
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truth or consequences, New Mexico, USA
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£52.90
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Second Edition (23rd) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 423pp.; HB brwn.w/gilt-pic.cover; some rub w/lt.wear on edges&corners; clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/brwn.&blue-pic.cover; rubbed w/spine sunned&chips. Vol.1 of Tolkien's 3 vol. epic.
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The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket issued
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 1984
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- Leatherbound
- Quantity Available
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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£183.13
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Easton Press (2nd Edition, 1984). Dark green leather boards with gold moiré endpapers, gold ribbon marker attached. Gilt titles, decorations (minute bit worn away - see photo), all edges gilt. Archival quality paper. The spine is hubbed with raised horizontal bands formed in the leather. Folded map laid in. Clean and unmarked, binding tight. Item Price
£183.13
The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings Vol.1)
by Tolkien, J. R. R.
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780048231857
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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£10.13
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Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Fellowship of the Ring
by Tolkien, J.R.R
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1977-10-12
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780345272584
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- 1
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Houston, Texas, USA
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£4.30
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Ballantine Books, 1977-10-12. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. 7x4x1. Item Price
£4.30
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Fellowship of the Ring (6th print 1st ed)
by Tolkien, J R R
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- Used - Collectable - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 6th impression 1st ed
- Published
- 1956
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR
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£704.50
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Allen and Unwin, 1956. 6th impression 1st ed. Hardcover. Collectable - Good Condition/Good. Good+/Good+ 6th printing December 1956 of the 1st ed Allen and Unwin hardback, unclipped dust-jacket with price 21s to lower front flap corner, very striking cover artwork. Copyright page states 5th printing December 1956 in error, this is the 6th impression and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring (Second Edition)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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TEMPE, Arizona, USA
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£33.37
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Hardcover. Very Good. Bookcase shop ltd., 1976. Taiwanese (Claims to be Authorized, not Pirate) Edition, Nearly New Book in Very Good Dust Jacket, slight wear to the head and foot of the dust jacket's spine, and the crease of the rear flap map in mint condition. An unusual variant for the collector and a nice clean hardcover copy… Read more about this item Item Price
£33.37
The Fellowship of the Ring: Tolkien J.R.R.: Book 1 (The Lord of the Rings)
by Tolkien, J. R. R.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780261102354
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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£3.21
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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The Fellowship Of The Ring (Lord Of The Rings 1 Collectors)
by Tolkien, J. R. R
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition thus
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- 2013
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780007522903
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- 1
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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£244.19
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HarperCollins, 2013. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover. In Very Good Condition. 1St Edition Thus 2013. No Dust Jacket As Issued, This Is The Limited Edition Book. 407 Pages With The Index, Part Of The (Lord Of The Rings 1 Collectors) Edition. Pictures May Be Available Before Ordering, Collector's Ed Edition (Oct. 11 2013).- We can… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings Part One)
by Tolkien, J. R. R.
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1978
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- Paperback
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- 9780345272584
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- 1
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Tolar, Texas, USA
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£4.07
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Ballantine Books, 1978. Wraps have light wear, spine is unbent, faint tanning. Pages are clean with no markings in text. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
£4.07
The Fellowship of the Ring : Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings
by Tolkien, J. R. R
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- Used - Good
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- 9780048231857
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Reno, Nevada, USA
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£6.17
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HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
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Fellowship of the Ring
by Tolkien, J.R.R
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- New
- Published
- 1977-10-12
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780345272584
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San Diego, California, USA
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£81.42
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Ballantine Books, 1977-10-12. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring: v.1 (The Lord of the Rings)
by Tolkien, J. R. R.
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780007123827
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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£10.42
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The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 6
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780007522903
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- 1
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Bellingham, Washington, USA
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£160.75
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Harpercollins Publishing, 2013. 6. Hardcover. Good. Good+; Hardcover; Light overall wear to the covers with moderate fading to the green cloth around the corners and one tiny tear to cloth at the top left edge f spine; One faint blemish to the right textblock, otherwise unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings Ser.)
by Tolkien, J.R.R.
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- New
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780048231857
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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£62.63
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London, England : Unwin Paperbacks, 1981. Soft cover. New. New, An Unread Copy - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. The Fellowship Of The Ring Is The First Part Of J.R.R. Tolkien's Great Work Of Imaginative Fiction The Lord Of The Rings. It… Read more about this item Item Price
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