Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, The Return of the King with signature mark "4" and misaligned text on p.49, folding map at end of each vol., light browning strips to endpapers, slight rubbing and minor bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jackets, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers price-clipped, some light toning to spines, neat and expert repairs and restorations to extremities, in effect a near-fine set, preserved in custom leather drop-back boxes, each lettered in gilt on upper covers and spines, with the map of Middle Earth printed on covers and spine along with Tolkien's portrait to lower cover, the Eye of Sauron to upper covers and the One Ring to spines, [Hammond & Anderson A5], 8vo, 1954-55.