Vintage paperback edition of “The Two Towers” by J.R.R. Tolkien, published by Unwin Books (George Allen & Unwin Ltd), Unwin Books Edition 1974

Vintage paperback edition of “The Two Towers” by J.R.R. Tolkien, published by Unwin Books (George Allen & Unwin Ltd), Unwin Books Edition 1974. Copyright page confirms: first published 1954, twelfth impression 1966, second edition 1966, seventh impression 1973, this Unwin Books edition 1974. ISBN 0 04 823113 4. Cover features the classic Pauline Baynes-style watercolour mountain and sea landscape artwork with the distinctive green/blue geometric “U” motif band along the base, characteristic of this Unwin printing run. Spine reads “TOLKIEN / The Two Towers” in blue on a light blue ground. Condition shows notable shelf wear consistent with age: cracking and splitting to the spine at the head and tail, a bumped/creased top corner, general rubbing to the cover surface, and a worn/toned bottom edge. A lovely piece of vintage Tolkien/fantasy publishing history for collectors of classic Middle-earth editions.