The Two Towers

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Overview:

Title: The Two Towers
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Year: 1977
ISBN-10: 0345253442
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price: $1.95
Pages: 447
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Two Towers
Notes:
- stated 55th printing of October 1965 edition
- contains an 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.