Not only is htis the best fantasy set ever written, and phenomenal movies, by the way, this set came exactly as described, brand new, essentially with only a little bit of shelf wear, and it came as fast as I could possibly have hoped. I read the Hobbit in high school, eons ago, but never got around to the others, so thank you very much. I'm almost done with them now, but I think I'll keep 'em and read em' again in a while.

The book set arrived "as advertised" -- there was a bit of wear on the slipcase, but when I know about it in advance, we're good! Service was very timely -- books always arrive in very good time.

This was pretty cool. The paperbacks are good, solid. You can't leave them open though, they aren't that type, which can be an issue, you just have to use a bookmark. There are some that just lay open, but these won't. Worth the money though.

Excellent collection, my daughter was very excited to read this boxed set. Although the movies are considered classic, the books provide much more detail of the characters involved.

A+++++

A Great Read

At first it wasn't exactly a page turner but it kept getting better and better... I suggest watching the movies first though.