The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

Overview:

  • Title: The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: 1978
  • ISBN-10: 0345272609
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price: $2.50
  • Pages: xii+544
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Return of the King
  • Notes:
    • Sixtieth printing May 1978. [This Publication Record].
    • No printing number line in book.
    • Copyright © 1965 by J. R. R. Tolkien.
    • The cover painting, "Barad-Dur", is by J. R. R. Tolkien. © George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1954, 1955, 1966.
    • Introduction copyright © 1973 by Peter Beagle. 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 iii (actual count). 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).
    • First Ballantine Books edition October 1965.
    • "Synopsis" of Parts 1 and 2 of The Lord of the Rings starts on page ix.
    • "With a new foreword by the author" below title on title page. This "Foreword" is actually in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, Ballantine edition.
    • Pagination is mixed with partial use of Roman numerals followed by Arabic numerals from pages 19 through 544.
    • This Part III of The Lord of the Rings ends on page 385.
    • Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers starts on page 387 and is not separately signed.
    • Appendix B: The Tale of Years (chronology of the westlands) starts on page 452 and is not separately signed.
    • Appendix C: Family Trees starts on page 473 and is followed with diagrams of family trees relevant to the storyline and is not separately signed.
    • Appendix D: Shire Calendar: For Use in All Years starts on page 478 and is not separately signed.
    • Appendix E: Writing and Spelling starts on page 487 and is not separately signed.
    • Appendix F which is numerically divided with a sub-title below numbering, starts on page 505 and is not separately signed.
    • A series of titled indexes follows on pages 521 through 544.
    • "The Lord of the Rings" Part Three: The Return of the King at top of front cover.