Ballantine Books, 1973. 41st printing of this, the first authorized mass market paperback edition. Book one in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Good. Mild rubbing and tanning to covers with moderate shelf wear around the edges, including bumped/creased corners, and bump to top edge back cover and last few pages which are also a bit torn in that area. Pages are heavily tanned but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Spine is very slightly curved and without reading creases. Binding remains quite strong.