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1937 Hardback Edition (First Edition)

George Allen & Unwin

1 (1937)

2 (1937)

3 (1942)

4 (1946)

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1951 Hardback Edition (Second Edition)

George Allen & Unwin

5 (1951)

6 (1954)

7 (1955)

8 (1956)

9 (1957)

10 (1958)

11 (1959)

12 (1961)

13 (1961)

14 (1963)

15 (1965)

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0-04-823069-3

1966 Hardback Edition (Third Edition)

George Allen & Unwin

16 (1966)

17 (1967)

4 (1968)

5 (1970)

6 (1971)

7 (1972)

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8 (1974)

9 (1974)

10 (1975)

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0-04-823127-4

1976 Deluxe Edition

George Allen & Unwin

Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

1 (1976)

2 (1979)

3 (1984)

4 (1986)

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0-04-823147-9

1978 Hardback Edition (Fourth Edition)

George Allen & Unwin

1 (1978)

2 (1979)

3 (1982)

4 (1983)

5 (1985)

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6 (1988)

7 (1990)

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0-04-823386-2

1987 Hardback Edition (50th Anniversary Edition)

Unwin Hyman

1 (1987)

2 (1987)

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0-04-823273-4

1984 Illustrated Hardback Edition

George Allen & Unwin

Illustrated by Michael Hague

First: 1

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0-04-440091-8

1987 Anniversary Super De Luxe Edition

Unwin Hyman

Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

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0-261-10200-1

1991 Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

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0-261-10249-4

1992 Illustrated Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

Illustrated by Michael Hague

First: 1

Last: 2

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0-00-330090-0

1993 Cascades Edition

Collins Educational

Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

1 (1993)

2 (1994)

3 (1995)

4 (1996)

5 (1997)

6 (1998)

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Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

6 (1998)

7 (1999)

8 (2001)

9 (2002)

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Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

First: 10

Last: 11

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Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

First: 6

Last known: 6

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0-261-10328-8

1995 Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

Last: 9

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First: 10

Last: 14

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2007 Hardback Edition (70th Anniversary Edition)

HarperCollins

First: 1

Last known: 1

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0-261-10330-X

1997 Illustrated Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

Illustrated by Alan Lee

First: 1

Last: 3

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Illustrated by Alan Lee

First: 4

Last: 9

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Illustrated by Alan Lee

First: 10

Last known: 11

Last possible: 12

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Illustrated by Alan Lee

First: 13

Last known: 14

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0-00-837611-5

2020 Illustrated Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustrated by Alan Lee

series cover

0-00-862778-9

2023 Hardback Edition Illustrated by the Author

HarperCollins

First: 1

series cover

0-00-862783-5

2023 De Luxe Edition Illustrated by the Author

HarperCollins

series cover

0-00-877990-2

2025 De Luxe Illustrated Edition

HarperCollins

HarperCollins A-Format Paperback Main Sequence

0-261-10221-4

1993 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by John Howe

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1999 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by John Howe

First: 1

Last: 5

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First: 6

Last known: 13

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First possible: 14

First known: 15

Last known: 15

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2006 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First: 115

Last known: 152

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HarperCollins B-Format Paperback Main Sequence

0-261-10334-2

1996 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 1996

First: 1

Last: 28

2011 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 2011

First: 29

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First: 30

Last known: 60

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2022 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 2022

First: 68

Last possible: 72

First year: 2023

First: 73

Last known: 73

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0-00-675402-3

1998 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by David Wyatt

First: 1

Last known: 15

Last possible: 16

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Cover illustration by David Wyatt

First possible: 16

First known: 17

Last known: 28

Last possible: 32

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