The Lord of the Rings.
1st Deluxe Edition 1964.
George Allen & Unwin.
Hardbacks in slipcase.
Hammond p.98.
Slipcase illustrated by Pauline Baynes.

Only one impression issued.  This was a set of 1963 impressions bound in black buckram, with gilt page edges and a silk bookmark.

According to correspondence between Allen & Unwin and the printers Jarrold & Sons, 1,000 sets of books were bound in November 1964.  500 sets were boxed in November or early December 1964, and another 500 in October[?] 1965.

The books were bound by Jarrold & Sons and the slipcases were manufactured by Runprint Ltd, part of the Purnell Group.

A detailed article on this edition can be found in the Articles section.