The Two Towers
First published in the United Kingdom on 11 November 1954.
Tolkien Gateway • publication history
- Descriptive Bibliography
- A5
- Abbreviated
- TT Hammond & Anderson
no ISBN
1954 Hardback Edition (First Edition)
George Allen & Unwin
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
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(1954)
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(1955)
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(1962)
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(1963)
11
(1965)
12
(1966)
0-04-823046-4
1966 Hardback Edition (Second Edition)
multiple
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
George Allen & Unwin
1
(1966)
2
(1967)
3
(1968)
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(1969)
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(1970)
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(1971)
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
George Allen & Unwin
7
(1973)
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(1974)
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(1974)
9
(1978)
10
(1978)
11
(1980)
12
(1984)
13
(1985)
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
Unwin Hyman
14
(1987)
15
(1987)
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(1988)
17
(1988)
18
(1990)
no ISBN
1964 De Luxe Edition
George Allen & Unwin
Slipcase illustrated by Pauline Baynes
First year: 1964
First: 1
Last: 1
no ISBN
1960 Readers Union Edition
George Allen & Unwin for Readers Union
updated
1
(1960)
no ISBN
1977 Folio Society Edition
The Folio Society
First: 1
Last: 3
no ISBN
1987 Guild Edition
Guild Publishing
First: 1
Last: 3
no ISBN
1990 Folio Society Edition
The Folio Society
First: 1
Last: 5
1-85089-419-1
1990 Large Print Edition
Isis/Clio Press
First: 1
Last: 1
0-261-10232-X
1991 Hardback Edition (1998)
HarperCollins
0-261-10293-1
1992 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)
HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Alan Lee
First: 1
Last: 1
no ISBN
1992 De Luxe Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)
HarperCollins
First year: 1992
First: 1
Last: 1
no ISBN
1997 Folio Society Edition
The Folio Society
First: 1
Last known: 12
0-00-713656-0
2002 Reset Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)
HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Alan Lee
First: 1
0-00-713662-5
2002 Large Print Edition
HarperCollins
First: 1
Last: 2
0-00-720355-1
2005 Hardback Edition
HarperCollins
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
First year: 2005
First: 1
3
Last: 5
First year: 2014
6
8
9
11
13
14
19
Last known: 19
0-00-752291-6
978-0-00-826407-9
2017 Pocket Edition
HarperCollins
updated
First year: 2017
1
Last known: 1
0-00-837613-1
2020 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)
HarperCollins
0-00-856713-1
no ISBN
2024 De Luxe Illustrated Edition
HarperCollins
0-04-823113-4
1974 Paperback Edition
multiple
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
Unwin Paperbacks
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(1976)
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(1977)
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(1978)
0-04-823156-8
1979 Paperback Edition (Third Edition)
Unwin Paperbacks
Fourth Edition Unwin Paperbacks
0-04-823186-X
1981 Paperback Edition (Fourth Edition)
Unwin Paperbacks
Cover illustration by Pauline Baynes
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(1981)
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(1982)
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(1982)
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(1983)
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(1983)
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(1983)
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(1984)
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(1984)
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(1985)
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(1985)
1986 Paperback Edition
multiple
Cover illustration by Roger Garland
Unicorn / Unwin Paperbacks
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(1986)
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(1986)
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(1987)
Cover illustration by Roger Garland
Unwin Paperbacks
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(1987)
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(1987)
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(1988)
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(1989)
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(1989)
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith
Unwin Paperbacks
9
(1990)
0-261-10236-2
1993 Paperback Edition
HarperCollins
1999 Paperback Edition
HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Geoff Taylor
First year: 1999
First: 1
Last: 4
Cover design based on artwork by J.R.R. Tolkien
First year: 1999
First: 5
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10
11
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15
Last: 17
Cover design based on artwork by J.R.R. Tolkien
First year: 1999
First: 18
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24
Last: 58
2007 Paperback Edition
HarperCollins
1999 Book People Edition
HarperCollins for The Book People
First known: 7
Last known: 7
0-261-10339-3
1996 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)
HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Alan Lee
First: 1
Last known: 5
HarperCollins B-Format Paperback Main Sequence
0-261-10358-X
1997 Paperback Edition
HarperCollins
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
First year: 1997
First: 1
Last known: 7
2011 Paperback Edition
HarperCollins
Cover design based on artwork by J.R.R. Tolkien
First year: 2011
First: 1
13
20
25
27
Last known: 27
no ISBN
1991 Book Club Associates Edition
HarperCollins for Book Club Associates
First: 1
0-00-763769-1
1997 Book People Edition
HarperCollins for The Book People
First: 1
0-00-712383-3
2001 Film Tie-In Edition
HarperCollins
First: 1
Last known: 7
0-00-712971-8
2001 Collins Modern Classics Edition
Collins
0-00-711712-4
2001 Voyager Classics Edition
Voyager
First: 1
Last: 1
0-00-714922-0
2002 Film Tie-In Edition
HarperCollins
First: 1
Last known: 3
0-00-717198-6
2003 Film Tie-In Edition
HarperCollins
First: 1
0-00-768084-8
2001 Book People Modern Classics Edition
Collins for The Book People
First: 1
0-00-726971-4
2008 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)
HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Alan Lee
1
4
Last known: 4
0-00-720359-4
2005 Paperback Edition (50th Anniversary)
HarperCollins
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
First: 1
Last known: 3
0-00-748833-5
2012 Film Tie-In Edition (B-Format)
HarperCollins
First: 1
0-00-748832-7
2012 Film Tie-In Edition (A-Format)
HarperCollins
First: 1
Last known: 7
0-00-810830-7
2014 Large Print Edition
HarperCollins
First: 1
0-00-837607-7
2020 Paperback Edition
HarperCollins
First: 1
0-00-853773-9
2022 TV Tie-In Edition
HarperCollins
First: 1