The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set: The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel

This set is a wonderful collection for Tolkien fans, I own nearly all easily available editions of this collection other than original first editions and I can honestly say this is one of the best sets there is. The paper is of fine quality and the hardback of the book is of solid make. The dust jackets have beautiful original illustration's that give off a real vintage and classical look if the newer illustrated more elaborate editions are not your cup of tea. The print and font is pleasing to the eye and reading it is very comfortable. Together they look fantastic and sit snuggly in their collective box.At this price it is a steal for the quality of books you are getting so I highly recommend.One small concession I would point out is that Amazon or whoever is delivering these really could do with giving a little more care with transporting these, the box requires more protection on the inside as if handled improperly these items would most certainly get badly damaged, luckily mine arrived fine.

High quality paper, mixed with a great design . Bought purely for display purposes but have paged through each book and can't recommend it enough. Good value for what you're buying.

I own many editions of LOTR (I’m like that!) and this set has much to recommend it.What I love about this particular edition is that we have, for the first time, the LOTR as Tolkien originally intended it. It has Tolkien’s original cover designs for the first edition ( which George Allen and Unwin rejected on cost grounds), it incorporates the leaves from the Book of Mazabul (also originally rejected on cost grounds) it has red text in the map of the Shire and for the Ring Tengwar as Tolkien originally wished and, most importantly, the text is fully corrected so all the inconsistencies and errors which crept in over the years (and which infuriated Tolkien) are finally laid to rest.I much prefer these to the illustrated editions. Howe, Lee and Naismith are of course excellent visual interpreters of Tolkien’s world, but their illustrations are not Tolkien’s and who knows what he would have thought of them?Much has been said about these current editions being printed in China. I have the first prints which were printed in Italy but I had them bound by the Chelsea Bindery into one glorious volume. I wanted the original separate volumes again as well (as I said, I’m like that) so I acquired these later Chinese printed versions. I am not at all dissatisfied. Yes, the paper quality was marginally better on the editions printed in Italy (it was more off-white) , but not significantly so. The Chinese prints are still very nice, tightly bound, laying flat and on good quality paper. They are much nicer than the poor quality hardbacks usually put out by British publishers today. Some have reported problems with the covers but mine are fine and you can rely on Amazon’s replacement policy if you happen to get a poor set.The one difference is with the excellent Reader’s Companion by Hammond and Scull. This printing is much thicker than my original volume and not as attractive. I have kept my original printing of the Companion and given this one away. I have also discarded the slip case - I originally wanted the three books as separate volumes not in the slipcase with the Companion but this set was actually cheaper to buy.

Beautiful collection. Love the quality. Kinda wish it was just the trilogy and didn't include the companion book so it would be a a nice set of the three books. Arrived in perfect condition.

My son wanted a series he could hand down to his boy. We’ve all been big fans since childhood. So hopefully the set can be read and handed down through the family. Arrived on time and well packaged.

Arrived Damaged. Could be amazon warehouse or amazon delivery but regardless it was not well protected.Was a little disappointed considering the cost that there's damage and the paper protected the book feels cheaply printed and not of glossy paper or at least premium print you expect for the cost.I can see there's heart and thought into these books and designs but if I had a second chance I wouldn't of bought. But, I have the books and I'm not going to take away the fact that the books are a very nice hardback and will be happy to have the beautiful looking collection though will be cautious when trying to use them for reading.

If you love "The Lord of the Rings" and wish it as the author intended this is the best purchase to date (October, 2020). The last edit of the text approved by Christopher Tolkien and as 'typo' free as he and Tolkien scholars could make it, the 60th anniversary edition features Tolkien's own dust wrappers designed for the three volumes , Christopher Tolkien's classic bicolour maps ('A Part of The Shire' in 'Fellowship', Gondor in 'Return' and with fold-out maps of all Middle Earth in each volume) and photos of Tolkien's own prop reproductions of pages from The Book of Mazarbul, as he wanted for the first edition but cost forbade at the time. Comes in a gold-embossed slipcase with the excellent 'TLOTR: A Reader's Companion' by Scull and Hammond - and I love my edition!