A
few of the sets that were published at various times using the "Eye"
artwork. The owner of the red set claimed they were among the first
printings by Unwin. The dark one is the Fellowship of the Ring,
and along
with it is the sleeve from the box of that set, with Houghton-Mifflin's
name on it; the set had the same pattern with different colors for each
title. As far as I know, the white set is from the
mid-1970's. It came in a red "Eye" box with the 3 titles, or
bundled with The Hobbit in a
green box with Tolkien's picture of the Lonely Mountain on it.
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