The Two Towers
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Overview:
- Title: The Two Towers
- Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Year: 1975
- ISBN-10: 0345248287
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- Price: $1.75
- Pages: 447
- Binding: Paperback
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Two Towers
- Notes:
- stated 49th printing July 1975 of October 1965 edition
- SBN listed as 354-24828-7-175 on copyright page; same number on spine
- contains aun untitled 14 July 1973 introduction by Peter S. Beagle on unnumbered 3rd page in, before title pages. 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).
- The "Synopsis" is not signed, but appears to be by Tolkien and appears before the TOC and maps, summarizing The Fellowship of the Ring.
- cover image is from earlier edition; actual cover has horizontal "Ballantine/24828" next to BB logo in place of vertical price line, omits "Autorized Edition" and has $1.75 instead of $1.25 but otherwise looks the same