Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1956. First US Edition. 416pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Very close to fine in a solid, near fine wrapper. Small & faint soil spot on fore edge. Half-inch tear at head of back face of wrapper at edge of spine. Couple of tiny edge nicks & hints of shelf wear.

A great copy of the concluding volume of the highly acclaimed The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Basis for director Peter Jackson's Academy Award winning film adaptation. 'A triumphant close... a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution. An astonishing imaginative tour de force.' Sunday Telegraph.