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Description	Cover of Tolkien and the Critics by Rose Zimbardo and Neil Isaacs
Author or copyright owner	Rose Zimbardo and Neil Isaacs
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tolkien-Critics-N-D-Isaacs/dp/0268002797
Date of publication	1981
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Understanding The Lord of the Rings
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question. Tolkien and the Critics was the first of three overlapping collections by Zimbardo and Isaacs, described at the time as "a milestone" in Tolkien scholarship.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image is small and at poor resolution. It is used only in this article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
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