By late 1975, the Dungeons & Dragons boxed set was on its 4th printing. I don't believe that the contents of the books were significantly different, although the errata sheet that came with the 2nd and 3rd printings is no longer included; it's possible that this printing incorporated those corrections into the text, though I don't have a copy to check.
The main difference is the box, which no longer has a woodgrain pattern with the art pasted to the front. It's is now plain white, with the art printed directly onto the box. The main image, showing a warrior on a rearing horse, has been replaced by a wizard blasting what are probably orcs.
The same mounted warrior has also been replaced on the cover of Vol. 1: Men & Magic, as shown below:
The covers of volumes 2 and 3 have been left untouched. I'm not sure why the mounted warrior was singled out for exclusion, but it could be because it's a very obvious swipe of some Marvel art. Other art swipes still remain, but it's one thing to have these swipes hidden away inside the booklets, and another to have one plastered on the front of your most high-profile product. This is all conjecture, of course, but if I had to hazard a guess this would be it.
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