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The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings (2003)

The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings 

J.R.R. Tolkien
2003 Del Rey (Film Tie-In) Edition
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 0345340426
Mass market paperbacks; issued in a slipcase
Slipcase illustrations from the Jackson films
Tolkien Collector Ref.: Issue no. 27, p. 7

Notes
Published October, 2003. This set includes:

The Hobbit  135th Printing  
The Fellowship of the Ring
 – 131st Printing
The Two Towers – 132nd Printing
The Return of the King – 131st Printing

Copies of a variety of printings (often with covers from the 2001 and/or 2002 Film Tie-In Editions) were issued in this slipcase (The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers from the 2002 Film Tie-In Edition are especially common to this slipcase). The first set with all 2003 Film Tie-In Edition printings is likely to have contained the 142nd, 137th, 133rd and 135th printings respectively.

RRP: $29.96.


The Hobbit (2001) The Fellowship of the Ring (2003) The Two Towers (2003) The Return of the King (2003)