"IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND THERE LIVED A HOBBIT": DELUXE ILLUSTRATED SET OF TOLKIEN'S HOBBIT AND LORD OF THE RINGS

TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit. WITH: The Lord of the Rings. Three volumes. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, (1984). Together, four volumes. Octavo, original dark hunter green leather elaborately gilt-decorated, raised bands, all edges gilt, watered silk endpapers. $1400.

Deluxe Easton Press printing of the Houghton Mifflin edition, this marking the first appearance of Michael Hague's illustrations.

First printing of the Easton Press matched set of Tolkien's Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, handsomely bound in gilt-stamped leather with runic design by George Herrick. Each volume of this collector's edition opens with a specially commissioned color frontispieces by Michael Hague, and each book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy has an oversized, folding map drawn by Christopher Tolkien laid in. Does not include The Silmarillion. Hammond A3l (Hobbit), A5f (LoTR). With Easton Press bookplates, signed by a collector.

A fine set.