The Return of the King (1987)

The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien
1987 ’50th Anniversary’ Ballantine Edition, 79th Printing
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 0345339738
Mass market paperback
544 pp.
Cover illustration by Michael Herring*
Hammond Page Ref.: p. 119

Notes
79th Printing: April, 1987
1st Printing: September, 1988
5th Printing: October, 1989
7th Printing: November, 1990
8th Printing: January, 1992

The 1st and 8th Printings (and possibly others) were also Sold in a ‘Special Book Club Edition‘.

RRP: $4.95. Sold in a set with The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

*The 79th Printing misidentifies the cover art and credits J.R.R. Tolkien as the artist. This was corrected by the 1st Printing.

 

 


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