Tolkien, J.R.R. (author); Lee, Alan (illustrator) ‘The Lord of the Rings’, UK signed limited centenary edition

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1992) ‘The Lord of the Rings‘, UK limited edition, published by Harper Collins. Special deluxe limited edition signed by illustrator Alan Lee, One of only 250 copies of which this is no. 139.  Published on the occasion of the author’s birth on 3 January 1892. Quarter bound in green leather and grey cloth sides, with Tolkien’s monogram stamped on the sides. Housed in a sturdy green cloth slipcase. All page block edges are gilded, ribbon markers are bound in. Includes fifty original illustrations by Alan Lee throughout the three volumes.

Condition: as new and still sealed, and with the original box as shipped by the publisher.