The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (UK Edition)

[Astra_]

Hmm.
As far as I can see, it allows me to place an order and even converts $ to £.
When you are trying to purchase something that they cannot send you are ebing stopped before the final stage...I think.

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[Hobbit]

That looks like it might work!

And cheaper too. Isn't globalization fun?

Mark / Hobbit

 

[Astra_]

I will have to think about it over the weekend.

Thanks a lot for your help everybody

 

[Hobbit]

Hope it's what you want, Astra. Please let us know if you get it / don't get it and how easy the process was.

Mark / Hobbit

 

[ben1xy]

Oh no.... there's a lot of us round here. Bibliophiles, this way....

It's a nice place, feel free to pull up a chair!

But bringing the thread back to topic, does the creation of a nice copy (admittedly with a slipcase) justify the cost?

Mark / Hobbit

Personally, it's up to a certain threshold. In this case, 66 pounds exceeds my budget by way too much. A good price for me would be around the USD 50 mark. At 66 pounds, the idea of spending that money on one book instead of purchasing multiple books just doesn't cut it for me. This book edition really looks sweet though

 

[Hobbit]

Yes, I can definitely see that PoV, Ben. I once couldn't afford to buy books and then sometimes its a case of finding/buying what you can afford.

As has already been said, it's the words that matter when it comes down to it.

But for the reasons that have been suggested above, this might pique curiosity.

Especially when some will have paid 2/3 extra for it.

Mark / Hobbit

 

[Astra_]

Hope it's what you want, Astra. Please let us know if you get it / don't get it and how easy the process was.

Mark / Hobbit

After a lot of thinking I have decided I am going to take a rain check on that one.
Will wait 60th Anniversary?

UK edition - 66 pounds is a lot of money and I fail to find something special about this particular edition to pay so much. If it was leather bound, had a special type of paper or anything else... just because the book was published to celebrate 50th Anniversary is not enough for me.
Like I said before

I have The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit (illustrated hardback)
It is a superb edition. Extremely beautiful. Worth every penny I spent on it.

I think I paid 50 pounds for it but I am very happy with this book set. It is a special edition.

USA edition - too many complaints about quality of the book, such as glued up pages, maps, misaligned pages, pages cut not verfy straight. Also the same problem as with UK edition, I fail to find something very special about. But its price is 1/2 of the UK ed., so I would find it acceptable if I lived in the USA.

ben1xy

In this case, 66 pounds exceeds my budget by way too much. A good price for me would be around the USD 50 mark. At 66 pounds, the idea of spending that money on one book instead of purchasing multiple books just doesn't cut it for me.

I am with you on this one - 99.5%. I never pay more than £12 for a hardback book (I don't like paperbacks because I cannot stand seeing their spines after I read them just one time). Now, I almost stop buying paper books all together because I move to ebooks (I am using Sony Reader for 1 and a half year) and they cost less than hadback editions.
There is only one exception to this rule - The Lord of the Rings. I may buy LotR not just to read it but because I would love to have another beautiful edition of the book

 

[Astra_]

Well.....






:tantrum:







I bought it.







You know.....





another one....












sexy one....





Am I insane?

 

[Hobbit]

Am I insane?

LOL. No.

But we have a special area at Hobbit Towers for the serious biblioholic.

Welcome to the club!

(Was it worth it?)

Mark / Hobbit

 

[Astra_]

Thank you for a warm welcome!

Let's see wether it holds true after you guess what edition I have bought?

P.S. It is worth it

 

[Hobbit]

I'm tempted to say it was the Harper Collins UK edition, as that's the one asked for at the beginning, though I know you liked the US one.

I guess a serious bibliophile would have both, though....

Mark / Hobbit

 

[ThornofCamorr]

Ive got the US edition and I love it. Makes my bookshelf look pretty. But I still just read the softcovers; I always feel like Ill mess it up if I try to read it. Its mostly a decoration for me.

 

[ben1xy]

I bought it.

man... it must be sitting so pretty on your bookshelf now!

 

[Astra_]

I'm tempted to say it was the Harper Collins UK edition, as that's the one asked for at the beginning, though I know you liked the US one.

I guess a serious bibliophile would have both, though....

Mark / Hobbit

Indian paper?

 

[Astra_]

I have got a question.

Why there are no more editions on india paper?
I believe that after 1992 there were no more nooks by Tolkien on india paper.
What is a reason?
And why other books are not published on india paper? De lux editions?

 

[Hobbit]

Sorry astra: first time I've noticed the comment above.

India paper: very thin, and presumably easy to tear. Certainly easy for the pages to stick together. Usually these days mainly used for Bibles.

Probably therefore to do with cost and its far easier to produce lower quality (but thicker) paper copies.

Having said that, I have a edition of the complete LotR on india paper that is only a couple of centimetres, and certainly less than an inch thick.

So it is around, but perhaps just not that popular.

Mark

 

[Astra_]

I also have 2 different editions of LotR on india paper.
I absolutely love them.

After seeing/touching them, I am not interested in any other "special" editions (besides big illustrated ones but it is another story).
So, LotR on india paper is quite expensive on ebay or elsewhere, it is "in demand"?
I am just curious why they stopped it. What is the real reason behind it.
They used to print a lot of editions on india before 1992.
One of the two editions that i have was printed in 1967? or something like that and then every couple of years re-printed. Then in 1992 there was a new edition on india paper. But since then nothing.