TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings, London, George Allen and Unwin, [1972], 8°, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper signed and inscribed by the author with initial letters in red ink 'J.R.R. Tolkien. Tall ships and tall Kings Three times three/What brought they from the/Foundered land/Over the flowing sea?/Seven stars and seven stones/and one White Tree', one folding map, original pictorial cloth, slipcase; with covering 1p. a.l.s. from 'Cliff', dated Oxford 13 Nov. 72., to 'Dick' requesting the signature and the inscription for Andrew Warde, annotated by Tolkien 'I have been obliged to use the back of the marbled paper, since the India paper will not take my pen laden with ink. J.R.R.T.'