NMLP P-036855 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien · George Allen & Unwin (London) · 1955

First impression published 20 October 1955, George Allen & Unwin, 7,000 copies — the last-published of the three volumes and, at 7,000 copies, actually the largest first impression (Fellowship at 3,000 and Two Towers at 3,250 are the scarcer volumes)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036855 for "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036855, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).