The Return of the King, Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, J.R.R - 1956

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1956. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 416 pp., First printing of the first American edition with fold-out map affixed to the rear pastedown., Title page with 1956, copyright page with four Tolkien titles listed and " Printed in Great Britain" at the bottom with no other printings mentioned. Page 49 with a "4" at the bottom margin; page 281 with the gap closed in " Men." Dust jacket with publisher's original $5.00 price intact, with the bottom loop of the 5 descending well below the zeros, and with reviews of The Fellowship of the Rings and The Two Towers on the rear panel. Light rubbing and a couple short, closed tears to dust jacket but no chips; a very nice copy overall. .