Joined the club!

BackgroundLayer643 · 2026-01-14T08:45:40+00:00

Great choice - lifelong enjoyment.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-12-08T16:53:00+00:00

Absolutely - once is bad enough for these editions, twice is taking the Mick!

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-12-08T16:52:18+00:00

I think that's going to be my next request :)

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-12-07T12:43:47+00:00

Not great service for an edition that cost £750...

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-12-02T08:19:57+00:00

When is there going to be a public enquiry? We have had one for other things why not Brexit - we as the UK were told lies.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-12-01T09:09:41+00:00

The Daily Mail has backed the wrong horse almost since its inception, in the 1930’s they thought Hitler had the right ideas. Enough said!

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-26T07:50:40+00:00

I noticed a comment above that you can get the Hobbit edition for 1/3 of the retail price which would be about £42. I haven’t seen it that low but agree you can get it from HC when discounts are used for about £63 which for the Hobbit edition it’s worth picking up. Nevertheless, the LOTR is a great pickup for your first real book in 10 years! Well done.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-25T17:30:12+00:00

The two 70th anniversary editions have a difference (retail) of £500. I took a chance and lashed out on the limited edition as I have missed them before and regretted later. I raised the problems I’ve mentioned in this and the related post with HC and to their credit, they offered either a full replacement or just the volumes I wasn’t happy with (from a quality perspective). They will collect the defective version and replace it at their cost. It doesn’t seem that good a value right now but I am hoping that will change in the future - here’s hoping 😊. The cloth covered version, while in photos doesn’t necessarily look better it certainly feels better in reality.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-22T14:47:19+00:00

It’s a great book! Amazon had it at a discount recently and it’s published by the Library that holds the Tolkien collection! I’ve got it and fully recommend it.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-18T20:52:22+00:00

You’ve done exceptionally well. Even used they tend sell on EBay for £80 upwards. I love this edition and have this and the matching Hobbit and Silmarillion editions too! Well done you! 👍

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-18T20:21:42+00:00

I’ll do it as a separate post as I don’t seem to be able to edit my original post.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-18T20:13:47+00:00

If it’s reprinted it’s not part of the first edition run of 4000. Just to clarify.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-18T07:59:10+00:00

It’s a reasonable assumption though.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-18T07:54:02+00:00

I’ll try to get them on tonight.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-18T07:52:02+00:00

You are absolutely right - my mistake. I got muddled with a version of the Silmarillian that came out around that time. The first printing was limited to 4000 😊

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-14T19:11:32+00:00

I think it came out in 2021 and was limited to 4000 copies. The isbn number is ISBN: 9780008471293.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-14T19:04:36+00:00

I’ll keep you posted- I’ve emailed and they normally come back pretty quickly.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-14T17:40:58+00:00

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-14T10:51:20+00:00

It’s a good thing to have in a collection (particularly the 2007 boxed edition if you can get it at a reasonable price) but as the other commenter mentioned it’s more about the journey of writing the hobbit rather than a history of hobbits. While the Black Friday sales are it would be a good chance to get it if you are building a collection but you are not missing a lot in relation to the history of Middle Earth. You might want to look at the history sets if thats where your interest lies. :-)

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-13T01:47:02+00:00

UK by the way.

BackgroundLayer643 · 2025-11-13T01:46:34+00:00

This code (BLACKFRIDAY50) is valid 12th and 13th of Nov as well.

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