Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Return of the King, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955, folding map at end, sppotting to endpapers, top edge red (dusty), original red cloth (smlal stains), 2nd state dust jacket (with reviews to rear flap), spine a little rubbed and toned, loss to lower spine in mylar.First edition, one of 7000 printed, 3rd state text with signature '4' at foot of page 49 and sagging text, previously identified by Wayne Hammond as a first issue point now redesignated by Hammond as a third state printing.