FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Original publishers burgundy boards with the spine ruled and lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper, with no printed price but a price sticker (A & U £12.50) on inside flap. A fine, bright and clean copy in a fine dustwrapper of the second volume of Tolkien's History of Middle Earth.