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**The Saucepan Man** · 03-07-2003, 07:15 AM

In an effort to track down the cover of my first LotR, I came across this site for collector's of Tolkien's works, which has picture of covers from old and rare editions.

And I was overjoyed to find the edition that I first read, that is now, alas, long lost. It was the first English paperback edition in one volume, published by Allen & Unwin 1968, and looked like this:

There are some other editions of the books there that I recognise too, either from friends copies or from descriptions here. Although it's not comprehensive, the site is well worth a quick visit.

03-07-2003, 07:15 AM	#33
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	In an effort to track down the cover of my first LotR, I came across this site for collector's of Tolkien's works, which has picture of covers from old and rare editions. And I was overjoyed to find the edition that I first read, that is now, alas, long lost. It was the first English paperback edition in one volume, published by Allen & Unwin 1968, and looked like this: There are some other editions of the books there that I recognise too, either from friends copies or from descriptions here. Although it's not comprehensive, the site is well worth a quick visit. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!