Re: That Awful Epilogue and Lord of the Rings

Steve Morrison wrote:
> 
> Natman wrote:
> 
> (snip)
> 
> > Just a confirmation that there were indeed authorized paperback
> > editions from Ballantine in the US in the 1960's. They had the
> > "courtesy to living authors" message on the back just as quoted. The
> > covers were as described.
> >
> > There may have been a new edition in the '70s, but they weren't the
> > first authorized US paperbacks, which first came out in 1965.
> >
> > http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e166/nat_mann/DSCF1245.jpg
> >
> > http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e166/nat_mann/DSCF1248.jpg
> >
> > http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e166/nat_mann/DSCF1251.jpg
> 
> It looks as if there was a one-volume paperback in the U.K. in
> 1968, according to this source:
> 
> http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=45100
> 
> Has anyone ever had a copy of this?

That's my copy.

<smiles>

Regards,

M.