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The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings (1993)

The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings 

J.R.R. Tolkien
1992/1993 Ballantine Edition
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 0345195299
Mass market paperbacks; issued in a slipcase
Slipcase illustrations by Michael Herring
Tolkien Collector Ref.: Issue no. 6, pp. 4-5

Notes
Published 1993. This set includes:

The Hobbit – 34rd Printing, 1992
The Fellowship of the Ring
 – 20th Printing, 1993
The Two Towers – 15th Printing, 1993*
The Return of the King – 10th Printing, 1993

Copies of a variety of printings (1992-1998), including Book Club printings, were issued in this slipcase.

RRP: $19.80 ➔ $23.90.

*Circa March, 1994, this boxed set was seen for sale with a ’50th Anniversary’ Edition, 12th Printing of The Two Towers (The Tolkien Collector, Issue no. 6, pp. 4-5).


The Hobbit (1992) The Fellowship of the Ring (1993) The Two Towers (1993) The Return of the King (1993)