First edition. Publisher’s cloth binding, lettered gilt, in the original dustwrapper.
 
A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper.
 
The 12th volume of The History Of Middle-earth.
 
This is the scarcest volume in the series. 2,525 trade copies were printed, alongside 1,565 for Book Club Associates. Book Club Associates then purchased an additional 500 copies of the trade edition. This final volume in the series sold slowly, and was not reprinted.