The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
1988 Houghton Mifflin Edition
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
ISBN-10: 0395489326
ISBN-13: 9780395489321
Hardcovers; issued in a slipcase
Slipcase illustration by Alan Lee
Hammond Page Ref.: p. 162
Notes
Published March 3, 1988. This set includes:
The Fellowship of the Ring – 20th Printing
The Two Towers – 19th Printing
The Return of the King – 19th Printing
Copies of a variety of printings (1988-present) were issued in this slipcase.
A second state of this slipcase carrying the Tolkien Centenary logo on its right side (open end of case toward viewer) was produced in May, 1991 and contained the following printings:
The Fellowship of the Ring – 22nd Printing
The Two Towers – 21st Printing
The Return of the King – 21st Printing
With the 23rd, 22nd and 22nd Printings? respectively, the first state slipcase was again used and remains in use at present with only very minor changes.
RRP: $55.00 (from second state slipcase); $65.00.
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