The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien
1973 Ballantine Edition, 40th Printing
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 034523510X
ISBN: 0345240332 (from 1974)
ISBN: 0345248287 (from 1975)
ISBN: 0345253442 (from 1976)
ISBN: 0345272595 (from 1977)
Mass market paperback
448 pp.
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hammond Page Ref.: p. 119
Notes
40th Printing: September, 1973*
41st Printing: September, 1973**
42nd Printing: October, 1973
43rd Printing: December, 1973
44th Printing: February, 1974
45th Printing: March, 1974
46th Printing: September, 1974***
47th Printing: November, 1974
48th Printing: April, 1975
49th Printing: July, 1975
50th Printing: October, 1975
51st Printing: November, 1975
52nd Printing: March, 1976
53rd Printing: June, 1976
54th Printing: August, 1976
55th Printing: February, 1977
56th Printing: June, 1977
57th Printing: August, 1977
58th Printing: October, 1977
59th Printing: November, 1977
60th Printing: January, 1978
61st Printing: February, 1978
62nd Printing: May, 1978
63rd Printing: November, 1978****
64th Printing: December, 1978****
65th Printing: August, 1979
66th Printing: June, 1980
67th Printing: September, 1980
68th Printing: October, 1980
Minor cover changes were made throughout the print run such as the removal of the ‘Authorized Edition’ statement on the front and back covers (48th Printing).
The corresponding SBN codes to the ISBNs given above are 34523510 (40th Printing: 1973), 34523510X (41st Printing: 1973), 345240332 (1974) and 345248287 (1975).
RRP: ISBN and price changes were made with the following printings: 40th Printing ($1.25),† 45th Printing ($1.50)‡ (not reflected by the copyright page’s SBN until the 46th Printing), 48th Printing ($1.75), 52nd Printing ($1.95), 58th Printing ($2.50). Sold in a set with The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King.
*Copies of this printing have been seen bound with the previous edition’s wrappers (with artwork by Barbara Remington) likely due to a surplus which Ballantine wanted to use up.
**Though credited in the 40th Printing, an appreciation by Peter S. Beagle was actually added to the preliminaries with the 41st Printing.
***With the 46th Printing, the full ‘U.S. Printing History’ list was no longer printed.
****Fangorn is erroneously spelled ‘Fangorm’ on the copyright page of the 63rd and 64th Printings.
†This price change was not indicated on the last page (as it was for the rest of this 1973 set) until the 41st Printing.
‡Surplus copies of the 43rd and 44th Printings were sold with a ‘$1.50’ publisher’s price sticker covering the printed price of $1.25.
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