Sharon - Identifying the various printings is an arcane science, based on tiny clues such as damaged type, italics vs. capital letters, and-so-on. Only the very first printings of the American editons had the date on the title page. This was apparently common for H-M in the 1950s and 60s. The first printing of FotR in 1954 was only 1,500 copies.
I had a very nice correspondence with Steven Frisby, but I have lost the e-mails. If I remember right, mine were 5th, 6th and 7th printings.
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