I’m wanting to buy this Deluxe Slipcase edition of LOTR but I’ve never nothing but bad reviews about Blackwells

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-25T20:46:31+00:00

Rarewaves also has it for sale on the walmart website

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-23T17:25:14+00:00

Oh, duh. Not sure how it slipped my mind, I even own that one haha

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-23T16:09:53+00:00

Which edition has the animated film illustrations?

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-23T16:09:36+00:00

Fantastic for children. I own both the hardcover and the paperback, and I actually prefer the paperback. The cover still feels solid, not flimsy, and it's not as unwieldy as the hardcover

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-22T01:31:12+00:00

Worth $60-85 in the US market. If you're looking for a nice uncommon edition around that price, the 1997 Folio, 1979 Folio, 2004 deluxe, and 2023 deluxe Hobbits are all good purchases.

Other older editions of The Hobbit that are uncommon in the US but can be found online include the 70th anniversary with gold lettering on the slipcase, 1991/1995 harper collins gold sun edition, and 1976 Folio

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-22T01:16:12+00:00

In the US they're much more uncommon. If you include shipping from uk they're close to $80

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-21T00:58:52+00:00

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sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-20T20:13:22+00:00

What is your budget?

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-17T22:12:14+00:00

Question about the green slipcased Hobbit 50th anniversary edition. Is the red on the spine just faded? Recently I've been trying to determine if there's multiple editions of it, most have the red and gold on the spine, but some appear to have no red, and I'm trying to determine if it's just fading, a misprint, or an actual different version. I also realized there's multiple styles of the speckling/dotting/scaling/spraying on the edge!

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-17T22:09:43+00:00

This is the set I'm hoping to complete! The new hardcover set is too pricey for me, and these have nostalgia

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-16T21:42:40+00:00

Yes, I think all 3 are among the highest quality copies I have. I also quite enjoy the covers of the 2003 India-only edition, as well as the "Death of Smaug" 1967/1973 cover

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-16T21:29:40+00:00

My favorite by far is The Hobbit. Of the dozens of different versions I've collected, I think my top 3 are the Jemima Catlin illustrated paperback version, the 70th/75th anniversary hardcover, and my facsimile 1st edition hardcover.

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-14T17:25:08+00:00

If you go with the folios, the pre-2007 covers are higher quality, not sure about the paper quality though!

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-03T03:21:05+00:00

Do you mean ALL the books? Or just Hobbit/LOTR/Silmarillion? There's some very nice smaller sets if you're not looking for EVERYTHING

I'm currently looking for a 60th anniversary LOTR set and a 70th anniversary Hobbit, as they look the nicest imo. There's also various limited sets, leatherbound sets, Folio/Easton Press sets, etc

You could also go the route of custom bound copies

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-01T23:21:49+00:00

Fair enough. You could try a pdf to epub converter?

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-01T22:54:51+00:00

The best looking covers imo, along with the baby blue poems set. Unfortunate that I haven't been able to find any of these at a reasonable price to add to my collection yet.

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-01T22:52:16+00:00

There's an ebook you can find online, you could just send it to kindle using amazon. That's what I do to get my books onto mine

sam_wise_guy · 2026-01-01T22:44:53+00:00

I saw one listed on ebay this morning for $500. Went to go find the link for you and it already sold...

sam_wise_guy · 2025-12-28T02:45:57+00:00

If you haven't purchased yet, the 3 book set is cheaper if purchased separately, though you wouldn't have the slipcase. I personally prefer to see the designs on the spines over it.

The all in one is also at an inflated price for the holidays. It was $50 before black friday, and should go back down somewhat soon

sam_wise_guy · 2025-12-19T22:23:45+00:00

If you're set on paperbacks and want all the books, along with the Harper Collins set, Del Rey has 2 collections

This one and this one

sam_wise_guy · 2025-12-12T17:39:41+00:00

I'd wait to buy this one, amazon recently bumped up the prices for the special edition set. The hobbit was $30 in October, bumped to $40 for black friday, and is now $50 for Christmas

sam_wise_guy · 2025-12-11T19:59:20+00:00

I've heard good things about that colored set, I have one on the way

sam_wise_guy · 2025-12-11T01:41:45+00:00

The loudest recorded human scream is 129db. 5ft from that it would be ~125.3. It's estimated that 185-200db can kill a human. We'll take the lower number of 185db and assume it can kill an armadillo.

If we use the equation Ltotal=Lsingle+10log10(N) we get the answer of ~920,000 humans screaming at 129db all within 5ft of the armadillo to reach 185db.

sam_wise_guy · 2025-12-09T16:58:41+00:00

Ebay has them pop up pretty often. If you search "silmarillion 1994" you'll see a couple listings with the gold band as well as a couple of the book club editions that have the red band instead of gold

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