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

Here listed are the major three-volume UK editions of The Lord of the Rings.

1954-1980

1954-55   1960   1963   1966   1973   1974   1976   1979

• 1954-1955: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, ISBN none - (First Edition) (cover based on J.R.R. Tolkien's design)
• 1960: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, ISBN none - (Readers Union edition)
• 1963: George Allen & Unwin buckram hardcover in slipcase, ISBN none - (deluxe edition; first edition 13th impression)
• 1966: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, ISBN 0048230456, ISBN 0048230464, ISBN 0048230472 - (Second Edition)
  • 1973: 1966 hardcover edition 7th impression
• 1974: Unwin Books paperback, ISBN 0048231126, ISBN 0048231134, ISBN 0048231142 - (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien)
  • 1976: 1974 paperback edition 4th impression (by Unwin Paperbacks)
• 1979: Unwin Paperbacks paperback, ISBN 004823155X, ISBN 0048231568, ISBN 0048231576 - (Third Edition)

1980-1990

1981   1986   1987   1990   1990*

• 1981: Unwin Paperbacks paperback, ISBN 0048231851, ISBN 004823186X, ISBN 0048231878 - (Fourth Edition) (cover art by Pauline Baynes)
  • 1986: Unicorn / Unwin Paperbacks paperback - (re-issued edition) (cover art by Roger Garland)
  • 1990*: Unwin Paperbacks paperback - (re-issued edition 11th impression) (cover art by Ted Nasmith)
• 1987: Unwin Hyman hardcover, ISBN 0048230456, ISBN 0048230464, ISBN 0048230472 - (second edition 14th impression) (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien)
• 1990: Isis / Clio Press, hardcover, ISBN 1850894140, ISBN 1850894191, ISBN 1850894298 - (large print edition)

1990-2000

1991; 1993   1992; 1996   1992*   1997   1998   1999   1999*   1999**

• 1991: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102311, ISBN 026110232X, ISBN 0261102338 - (cover art by John Howe)
  • 1993: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102354, ISBN 0261102362, ISBN 0261102370 - (paperback)
• 1992: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102923, ISBN 0261102931, ISBN 026110294X - (illustrated edition, illustrated by Alan Lee)
  • 1996: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103385, ISBN 0261103393, ISBN 0261103407 - (paperback)
• 1992*: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0261102990 (set) - (deluxe illustrated edition, illustrated by Alan Lee)
• 1997: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103571, ISBN 026110358X, ISBN 0261103598 - (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien)
• 1998: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102311, ISBN 026110232X, ISBN 0261102338
• 1999: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102354, ISBN 0261102362, ISBN 0261102370 - (cover art by Geoff Taylor)
  • 1999*: 1999 paperback edition 5th impression
  • 1999**: 1999 paperback edition 11th/18th/17th impression

2000-2005

2001   2001*   2002   2002*   2002**   2003

• 2001: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007123825, ISBN 0007123833, ISBN 0007123809 - (film 1 tie-in edition) (cover from the Jackson films)
• 2001: Collins, paperback, ISBN 000712970X, ISBN 0007129718, ISBN 0007129726 - (Modern Classics edition)
• 2002: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007136595, ISBN 0007136560, ISBN 0007136579 - (illustrated edition, illustrated by Alan Lee)
• 2002*: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007136633, ISBN 0007136625, ISBN 0007136617 - (large print edition)
• 2002**: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007149212, ISBN 0007149212, ISBN 0007149239 - (film 2 tie-in edition) (cover from the Jackson films)
• 2003: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007171978, ISBN 0007171986, ISBN 0007171994 - (film 3 tie-in edition) (cover from the Jackson films)

2005-2010

2005   2005*   2005**   2007   2008

• 2005: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007203543, ISBN 0007203551, ISBN 000720356X - (50th Anniversary Edition)
  • 2005*: 2005 50th anniversary edition ?th impression
• 2005**: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007203586, ISBN 0007203594, ISBN 0007203608 - (50th Anniversary paperback edition)
• 2007: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102353, ISBN 0261102362, ISBN 0261102370 - (1991 edition 65th impression)
• 2008: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007269706, ISBN 0007269714, ISBN 0007269722 - (illustrated edition, illustrated by Alan Lee)

2010-2015

2011   2011*   2011**   2012   2013

• 2011: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103571, ISBN 026110358X, ISBN 0261103598
  • 2011*: 2011 paperback edition ?th impression
  • 2011**: 2011 paperback edition ?th impression
• 2012: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007488319, ISBN 0007488335, ISBN 0007488351 - (The Hobbit films tie-in edition) (cover from the Jackson films)
• 2013: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007522908, ISBN 0007522916, ISBN 0007522924 - (collector’s edition)

Since 2015

2017   2020   2020*   2022   2022*

• 2017: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0008260184 (set) - (part of the 2017 Middle-earth Treasury pocket set, not sold separately)
• 2020 :HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0008376123, ISBN 0008376131, ISBN 000837614X - (illustrated edition, illustrated by Alan Lee)
• 2020*: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0008376069, ISBN 0008376077, ISBN 0008376085
• 2022: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0008567123, ISBN 0008567131, ISBN 000856714X
• 2022*: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0008537720, ISBN 0008537739, ISBN 0008537747 - (Amazon TV tie-in edition) (cover from the TV show)