Doing some ctrl+f's show 75 occurrences of "Second Edition" in the HoMe volumes about LotR, and 240 occurrences in the Reader's Companion. The commentary in The History of Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion frequently refer to changes made in the second edition.The essay "The Palantiri" published in Unfinished Tales was created while Tolkien was working on changes for passages involving the palantirs.A very minimal index was added to the back, compiled by Nancy Smith and Baillie Klass (later Christopher's wife)Ī ton of individual content changes were also made throughout the text of the book, its maps, and its appendices, on a scale similar to the third edition Hobbit, and far too many to list here."Note on the Shire Records" was added to the end of the prologue, expanding on material that used to be in Appendix A (personally I feel this one was very poorly inserted, as the text right before it is clearly meant to lead into Chapter One.)."Forward to the Second Edition" was added, replacing the earlier, more in-universe, forward from the First Edition.The Second Edition of The Lord of the Rings had three new sections in the book: This became what is now known as the Second Edition of The Lord of the Rings, and the Third Edition of The Hobbit. Tolkien was therefore asked to revise The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings so that new editions could be published and copyrighted. In 1965, due to a technical problem, the copyright had expired on The Lord of the Rings in the U.S., and an unauthorized edition was being printed by a different publisher. Tolkien made a set of major revisions to The Lord of the Rings in 1965 (around the same time as the 3rd edition Hobbit).
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