Christopher Lee's Copy of "the Lord of the Rings"

Origin
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (May 27, 1922 - June 7, 2015) was a British actor, singer and author. Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film the Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005).

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel written by English author J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.

Effect
This is single volume copy of 'the Lord of the Rings', signed by Tolkien, was read by Christopher Lee once a year, every year, for several years. When read (from cover to cover) the reader is granted an extended life.