The Hobbit HmCo 1966 pirated edition?
28 Jan, 2014
2014-1-28 8:29:03 AM UTC
2014-1-28 8:29:03 AM UTC
Do you know the following copy of the Hobbit?
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/CLP0052.htm
It reminds me of the Taiwanese editions, but is not the same...
Just mentions HmCo on the jacket, printed by Houghton Mifflin and a 1966 date.
Further has something that looks like Chinese characters... but no other info.
The red boards are similar to a Fellowship of the Ring copy I hold, that also shows the same Chinese characters and no further info either.
Is this some kind of pirated edition? The paper is of extreme low quality
and the book is very thin (like the taiwanese hobbit).
Got one reaction so far from Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull:
"We haven't seen this edition, but agree that it appears to be a Chinese pirate."
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/CLP0052.htm
It reminds me of the Taiwanese editions, but is not the same...
Just mentions HmCo on the jacket, printed by Houghton Mifflin and a 1966 date.
Further has something that looks like Chinese characters... but no other info.
The red boards are similar to a Fellowship of the Ring copy I hold, that also shows the same Chinese characters and no further info either.
Is this some kind of pirated edition? The paper is of extreme low quality
and the book is very thin (like the taiwanese hobbit).
Got one reaction so far from Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull:
"We haven't seen this edition, but agree that it appears to be a Chinese pirate."
I've a copy of The Silmarillion (lacking the DJ unfortunately) which is similar & which, I think, I've mentioned here before. Like this H, it's not a GA&U pirate; and although it doesn't state anything on the title page regarding the publisher (unlike the Bookcase Shop UK pirate editions), it's a HMCo pirate as it states "First American Edition" (see pictures). Covers, although also red, aren't the same though; your H looks cloth bound.
BH
BH
No idea. You'd better ask Beren where he plucked that number from? 
In respect to the pirated copies of The Silmarillion --I have another three UK/GA&U copies. One has the copyright page excised (I think the original one I bought) & the other two are binding variants, being bound in slightly different colours of cloth. All three have DJs in pretty decent shape.
BH
In respect to the pirated copies of The Silmarillion --I have another three UK/GA&U copies. One has the copyright page excised (I think the original one I bought) & the other two are binding variants, being bound in slightly different colours of cloth. All three have DJs in pretty decent shape.
BH
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