The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien
1965 Revised Edition (Reset)
Ballantine Books
New York
PBN: U7042
PBN: 01535 (from 1970)
ISBN: 0345015355 (from 1972)
Mass market paperback
544 pp.
Cover illustration by Barbara Remington
Hammond Page Ref.: pp. 113-120
Notes
Reset and revised based on the Allen & Unwin 1955 First Edition. Published in Canada in November, 1965.
1st Printing: December, 1965*
2nd Printing: November, 1965*
3rd Printing: June, 1966
4th Printing: August, 1966
5th Printing: August, 1966
6th Printing: September, 1966
7th Printing: October, 1966
8th Printing: March, 1967
9th Printing: July, 1967
10th Printing: September, 1967
11th Printing: September, 1967
12th Printing: October, 1967
13th Printing: January, 1968
14th Printing: March, 1968
15th Printing: July, 1968
16th Printing: October, 1968^
17th Printing: March, 1969
18th Printing: June, 1969
19th Printing: August, 1969
20th Printing: October, 1969^
21st Printing: October, 1969^
22nd Printing: January, 1970
23rd Printing: March, 1970
24th Printing: June, 1970
25th Printing: September, 1970
26th Printing: November, 1970^
27th Printing: February, 1971
28th Printing: June, 1971
29th Printing: August, 1971**
30th Printing: November, 1971**^
31st Printing: December, 1971**
32nd Printing: January, 1972**
33rd Printing: July, 1972**^
34th Printing: August, 1972**
35th Printing: November, 1972**
36th Printing: March, 1973**
37th Printing: March, 1973
38th Printing: July, 1973^
Copies of the 39th Printing (1973 Ballantine Edition) have been seen bound with wrappers from this edition perhaps due to a surplus which Ballantine was eager not to waste.
An SBN code (345015355) was added to the copyright page with the 34th Printing.
RRP: $0.95. Sold in a set with The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.
*With the 2nd Printing, the 1st Printing date was changed to October, 1965 which is thought to be correct.
**For the 34th Printing ‘History’ list, the dates for the following printings were temporarily changed: 29th ➔ September, 1971; 31st ➔ January, 1972.
For the 35th Printing ‘History’ list, the dates for the following printings were temporarily changed: 29th ➔ November, 1971; 32nd ➔ December, 1971; 34th ➔ September, 1972 and the following printing dates were permanently changed: 30th ➔ December, 1971; 33rd ➔ September, 1972.
With the 36th Printing ‘History’ list, the dates for the following printings were changed: 32nd ➔ July, 1972; 34th ➔ November, 1972.
^Not yet seen, may not exist.
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