TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. Folding maps in rear of each volume. Together, 3 volumes. 8vo, publisher's red cloth, spine titles gilt; price-clipped dust jackets; bookplate to front pastedowns (not uniform). Comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring. Shelfwear to bottom boards, splash stains to top- and fore-edges; jacket verso with numerous tape ghosts, front panel with further stains, spine panel darkened, corner nicks and small tears. Second impression in second impression jacket * The Two Towers. Jacket spine and folds tanned, fold corners with small nicks and short closed tears, light dust soiling; few marginal pencil annotations, scattered mild foxing. First edition * The Return of the King. Jacket with scattered light soiling, folds creased; very few marginal pencil annotations, foxing confined to front and end matter. First edition, second state dust jacket with blurbs on the rear jacket flap. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954; 1955