Here listed are the major one-volume UK editions of The Lord of the Rings.
1968-1989
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1968 paperback
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1968 paperback 11th impression
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1968 paperback 12th impression
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1969 hardcover deluxe edition
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1978 paperback
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1978 paperback film tie-in
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1983 paperback
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1983 paperback 8th impression
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1983 paperback 12th impression
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1988 hardcover
- 1968: George Allen & Unwin, paperback, ISBN 0048230871 - (first 1-vol edition, cover art by Pauline Baynes)
- 1969: George Allen & Unwin, hardcover in slipcase/box, ISBN 004823091X - (deluxe India paper edition)
- 1978: Unwin Paperbacks, paperback, ISBN 0048231495 - (second 1-vol edition)
- 1978 paperback edition, 1978 film tie-in edition - (cover from the film)
- 1983: Unicorn / Unwin Paperbacks, paperback, ISBN 0048232297 - (third 1-vol edition, cover art by Roger Garland)
- 1988: Unwin Hyman, hardcover, ISBN 0044403054
1990-1999
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1991 hardcover illust. by A. L.
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1991 hardcover 11th impression
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1991 hardcover illust. by A. L. deluxe edition
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1991 & 1994 hardcover
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1994 hardcover 9th impression
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1993 & 1995 paperback
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1995 paperback 11th impression
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1995 paperback 16th impression
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1995 paperback 30th impression
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1997 hardcover deluxe edition
- 1991: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102303 - (illustrated by Alan Lee)
- 1991: illustrated hardcover edition, 11th impression
- 1991: illustrated deluxe hardcover edition, ISBN 0261102745
- 1991: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102419 - (cover art by John Howe)
- 1994: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261103202
- 1994 hardcover edition, 9th impression
- 1993: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102435
- 1995: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103253
- 1995 paperback edition, 11th impression
- 1995 paperback edition, 16th impression - (special limited edition, ISBN 0007118368)
- 1995 paperback edition, 30th impression
- 1997: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0261103687 - (deluxe India paper edition)
2000-2009
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2001 paperback film tie-in
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2002 hardcover film tie-in
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2002 paperback film tie-in
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2003 paperback film tie-in
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2003 paperback mini edition
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2004 hardcover
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2004 hardcover deluxe edition
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2005 paperback
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2007 paperback
- 2001: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007123817 - (film I tie-in edition, cover from the film)
- 2002: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007149131 - (film tie-in edition, cover from the film)
- 2002: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007149247 - (film II tie-in edition, cover from the film)
- 2003: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007172001 - (film III tie-in edition, cover from the film)
- 2003: HarperCollins / W.H. Smith, paperback, ISBN 0007172745 - (mini edition containing only Chapter One)
- 2004: 1994 hardcover edition, reset in 2004 - (50th Anniversary edition)
- 2004: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0007182368 - (50th Anniversary deluxe edition)
2010-Present
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2014 hardcover illust. by A. L.
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2021 hardcover illust. by author
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2021 hardcover illust. by author deluxe edition
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2022 paperback TV tie-in
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2022 paperback
- 2014: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0007525540 - (illustrated by Alan Lee)
- 2021: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0008471282 - (illustrated by the author)
- 2021: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0008471290 - (illustrated by the author)