The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien
1973 Ballantine Edition, 43rd Printing
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 0345235096
ISBN: 0345240324 (from 1974)
ISBN: 0345248279 (from 1975)
ISBN: 0345253434 (from 1976)
ISBN: 0345272587 (from 1977)
Mass market paperback
528 pp.
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hammond Page Ref.: p. 119
Notes
43rd Printing: September, 1973
44th Printing: September, 1973*
45th Printing: October, 1973
46th Printing: December, 1973
47th Printing: February, 1974
48th Printing: March, 1974**
49th Printing: June, 1974**
50th Printing: September, 1974***
51st Printing: November, 1974
52nd Printing: April, 1975
53rd Printing: July, 1975
54th Printing: October, 1975
55th Printing: November, 1975
56th Printing: March, 1976
57th Printing: June, 1976
58th Printing: August, 1976
59th Printing: February, 1977
60th Printing: June, 1977
61st Printing: August, 1977
62nd Printing: October, 1977
63rd Printing: November, 1977
64th Printing: January, 1978
65th Printing: February, 1978
66th Printing: May, 1978
67th Printing: November, 1978
68th Printing: December, 1978
69th Printing: August, 1979
70th Printing: June, 1980
71st 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 (52nd Printing).
The corresponding SBN codes to the ISBNs given above are 345235096 (1973), 345240324 (1974) and 345248279 (1975).
RRP: ISBN and price changes were made with the following printings: 43rd Printing ($1.25), 48th Printing ($1.50) (not reflected by the copyright page’s SBN until the 49th Printing), 52nd Printing ($1.75), 56th Printing ($1.95), 62nd Printing ($2.50). Sold in a set with The Hobbit, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
*Though credited in the 43rd Printing, an appreciation by Peter S. Beagle was actually added to the preliminaries with the 44th Printing.
**With the 49th Printing, the 48th Printing date was changed to May, 1974.
***With the 50th Printing, the full ‘U.S. Printing History’ list was no longer printed.
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