The Lord of the Rings/Publication history and gallery seven-volume

Here listed are the seven-volume editions of The Lord of the Rings.

In 1999, HarperCollins released a "Millennium edition" of The Lord of the Rings, consisting of seven volumes which were originally conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien, with book titles suggested by him:

1. The Ring Sets Out
2. The Ring Goes South
3. The Treason of Isengard
4. The Ring Goes East
5. The War of the Ring
6. The End of the Third Age
7. Appendices

1999 hardcover boxed set   2000 paperback boxed set   2001 paperback boxed set   2012 paperback boxed set

1999-2000

vol. 1   vol. 2   vol. 3   vol. 4   vol. 5   vol. 6   vol. 7

• 1999: HarperCollins, hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0261103873 (set) - (Millennium edition)
  • volumes: ISBN 0261103938, ISBN 0261103946, ISBN 0261103954, ISBN 0261103964, ISBN 0261103970, ISBN 0261103989, ISBN 0261103997
  • Includes a CD of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Lord of the Rings and notes by George Sayer
• 2000: HarperCollins, paperback in slipcase, ISBN 0007105002 (set)
  • A paperback boxed set was issued in 2000, after the hardcover edition had gone out of print
  • The cover and ISBN of each volume are the same as the 1999 edition

2001

vol. 1   vol. 2   vol. 3   vol. 4   vol. 5   vol. 6   vol. 7

• 2001: Collins, paperback in slipcase, ISBN 0007124015 (set) - (film tie-in edition)
  • volumes: ISBN 0007635613, ISBN 0007635559, ISBN 0007635605, ISBN 0007635583, ISBN 0007635591, ISBN 0007635575, ISBN 0007635567

2012

vol. 1   vol. 2   vol. 3   vol. 4   vol. 5   vol. 6   vol. 7

• 2012: HarperCollins, paperback in slipcase, ISBN 0007489978 (set) - (film tie-in edition)
  • The ISBN of each volume is the same as the 2001 edition