The Lord of the Rings
| First published | 1965 |
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| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Type | Omnibus |
| Pages | 527+447+544 |
Notes
The trilogy was first published in one volume by Allen & Unwin in 1968. A matching set in 3 volumes was first published by Easton Press in 1965.
Original contained the first printings of each book. Later contained 3rd printings or later of some of the books.
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Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | International Fantasy Award | Fiction | Winner |
| 1966 | Hugo Award | Best All-Time Series | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Fantasy Novel | Winner |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Fantasy Novel before 1990 | Winner |
| 2002 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2003 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2004 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2005 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2006 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2007 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2008 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2009 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Winner |
| 2012 | Locus Online | 20th Century Fantasy Novel | Winner |
Other Editions
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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1966 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | Omnibus | Barbara Remington | 527+447+544 | |
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1966 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | Omnibus | Barbara Remington | 527+447+544 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1967 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | Robert Quackenbush | 423+352+440 | |
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1967 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | Robert Quackenbush | 423+352+440 | |
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1968 | George Allen & Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1968 | Nelson (Canada) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1968 | George Allen & Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1968 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | Omnibus | Barbara Remington | 527+447+544 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1969 | George Allen & Unwin | Hardcover | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1971 | George Allen & Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1971 | Ballantine Books | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | J. R. R. Tolkien | 527+447+544 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1972 | George Allen & Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1972 | George Allen & Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1972 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | Omnibus | 59224 | Barbara Remington | 527+447+544 |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1973 | George Allen & Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1973 | Methuen | Paperback | Omnibus | 423+352+440 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1973 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | Omnibus | 59224 | Barbara Remington | 527+447+544 |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1974 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | 423+352+440 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1975 | Ballantine Books | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | J. R. R. Tolkien | 527+447+544 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1976 | George Allen & Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Pauline Baynes | 1077 | ||
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1977 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | Robert Quackenbush | 423+352+440 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1977 | Unwin Paperbacks | Paperback | Omnibus | 1077 | |||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1978 | Guild Publishing | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1077 | |||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1981 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1981 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | ||||
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1983 | Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Roger Garland | 1193 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1984 | The Easton Press | Hardcover | Omnibus | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1985 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | Omnibus | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1986 | Unwin Paperbacks | Paperback | Omnibus | Roger Garland | 529+442+556 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1986 | Unwin Paperbacks | Paperback | Omnibus | Roger Garland | 529+442+556 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1986 | Unwin Paperbacks | Paperback | Omnibus | Roger Garland | 529+442+556 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1987 | Unwin Paperbacks | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Roger Garland | 1193 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1987 | Hodder & Stoughton | Hardcover | Omnibus | 423+352+440 | |||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1987 | Unwin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 1193 | |||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1987 | Unwin Hyman | Hardcover | Omnibus | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1988 | Unwin Hyman | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1193 | |||
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1990 | Unwin Hyman | Hardcover | Omnibus | J. R. R. Tolkien | 1193 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1991 | Grafton | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Roger Garland | 1193 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1991 | HarperCollins (UK) | Hardcover | Omnibus | Alan Lee | 1193 | ||
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1991 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | Alan Lee | 1193 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1991 | Grafton | Hardcover | Omnibus | 423,352,440 | |||
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1992 | Grafton | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | John Howe | 1193 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1992 | HarperCollins (UK) | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1199 | |||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1992 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | Alan Lee | 1193 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1994 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | John Howe | 1193 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1994 | HarperCollins (UK) | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1147 | |||
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1995 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | John Howe | xviii+1137+[9] | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 1995 | BOMC / QPB Creations | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 423,352,440 | |||
| The Lord of the Rings | 1996 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Alan Lee | 1195 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1999 | HarperCollins | Paperback | Omnibus | J. R. R. Tolkien | 535+439+554 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1999 | HarperCollinsPublishers | Paperback | Omnibus | J. R. R. Tolkien | 535+439+554 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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1999 | Houghton Mifflin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Alan Lee | xviii+1137+[9] | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2000 | Science Fiction Book Club | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1006045 | Donato Giancola | 1147 |
| The Lord of the Rings | 2001 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | xviii+1137 | |||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2001 | Collins | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 283+253+252+189+197+182+180 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2001 | Houghton Mifflin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | xviii+1147 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2002 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | xviii+1137+[9] | ||
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2003 | Houghton Mifflin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | Christopher Moisan | xviii+1137 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 2004 | Science Fiction Book Club | Hardcover | Omnibus | 01256 | xviii+1147 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2004 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | Omnibus | xxv+1157 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2005 | Houghton Mifflin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | John Jude Palencar | 1157 | |
| The Lord of the Rings | 2005 | Houghton Mifflin | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2008 | BBC Audiobooks America | audio CD | Omnibus | |||
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2009 | HarperCollins (UK) | eBook | Omnibus | |||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2012 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | eBook | Omnibus | |||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2012 | Mariner Books | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 1187 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2012 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | New Line Productions | 1264 | |
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2012 | HarperCollins (UK) | Paperback | Omnibus | 1664 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings (7 book) Slipcase |
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2012 | HarperCollins Children's Books | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | |||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2013 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 1216 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings | 2014 | HarperCollins (UK) | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1344 | |||
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2014 | HarperCollins (UK) | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1472 | ||
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2020 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 1536 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2021 | HarperCollins (UK) | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1248 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2021 | HarperCollins (UK) | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1248 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2021 | Mariner Books | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1248 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2021 | Mariner Books | eBook | Omnibus | |||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2022 | HarperCollins (UK) | eBook | Omnibus | |||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2022 | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 1232 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2022 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 1200 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2022 | HarperCollins (UK) | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | 1600 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2022 | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Trade Paperback | Omnibus | |||
| The Lord of the Rings |
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2022 | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1248 | ||
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2024 | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Hardcover | Omnibus | 1216 |