The Two Towers: BEING THE SECOND PART OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,revised 2nd edn,11th imp.[True 1st edn orignally published 1954,the 2nd revised edn in 1966 with five following yearly impressions,restarting 2 years later, then a 3 year gap upto 1978 (10th imp) and then this imp, 1980.] NFINE/NFINE.Neat,blue ink gift presentation inscrptn to top edge of front pastedown - partially hidden by dw/dj's front inner flap,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with white+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some small loss of colour laminated paper to head of spine/backstrip - no other chipping or loss.Top edges coloured,fore-edges minimally aged with some sporadic spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight,and clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases nor foxing - would appear unread.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain burgundy(?) cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers.The immaculate and tear-free fold-out map to rear pastedown is loose,but still present and would stand sympathetic re-glueing.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,rev'd 2nd edn, 11th imp,9-352pp [paginated] includes synopsis, contents list/ table,Book Three and Four comprising 11 and 10 chapters respectively.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,epigraph,and Books separator pages. 'The Lord of the Rings' is not a book to be described in a few sentences.It is a heroic romance,in the words of the novelist Richard Hughes 'something which has scarcely been attempted on this scale since Spenser's 'Faerie Queen',so one can't praise the book by comparisons - there is nothing to compare it with.'
By an extraordinary feat of imagination Tolkien has created,and maintains in every detail,a new mythology in an invented world.The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' and those who are going to read them.
Which one are you?
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