Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fourth impression, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, 1955, The Two Towers, second impression, third impression jacket, 1955, The Return of the King, first edition, first impression, with signature mark '4' and sagging text to p.49, 1955, folding maps, original cloth, spine ends bumped and creased, first and third lightly marked and soiled, dust-jackets, spines toned, second joint splitting, last lacking lower cover, rather creased with frayed edges, torn with portions of loss to spine ends, corners chipped, 8vo.