Re: That Awful Epilogue and Lord of the Rings

Michael O'Neill wrote:
> 
> 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.

Whoops, I'm pretty sure it was actually one of the later impressions.

M.