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Publication: The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

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  • Publication: The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the RingsPublication Record # 293006
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Date: 1978-11-00
  • ISBN: 0-345-27259-5 [978-0-345-27259-1]
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price:
    $2.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 447
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Two Towers (1973) • by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Notes:
    • Stated 63rd printing.
    • No printing number line in book.
    • Contains a 14 July 1973 introduction by Peter S. Beagle on the 3rd page in, before title pages. This introduction is not titled on page 3. It ends with -Peter S. Beagle (over) Watsonville, California (over) 14 July 1973. Dated to the date given. This essay is repeated exactly in all three books of The Lord of the Rings. This introduction is also used in the November 1978 edition of The Hobbit or There and Back Again (Revised Edition).
    • Copyright © 1965 by J. R. R. Tolkien.
    • The cover painting, "Fanghorn", is by J. R. R. Tolkien. © George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1973.
    • Introduction copyright © 1973 by Peter Beagle.
    • First Ballantine Books edition October 1965.
    • "With a new Foreword by the Author" which is actually in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lordship of the Rings. Statement about "Foreword" is on title page.
    • "Synopsis" on page 9 is not separately signed but is for the events in Part One.
    • Not titled two page map on page 12-13. Signature not found.
    • "The Lord of the Rings" Part Two: The Two Towers at top of front cover.
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