4 May, 2015
(edited)Edited by Trotter on 2015-5-4 1:37:26 PM UTC
2015-5-4 11:43:05 AM UTC
I have two sets of these and in both cases
The Two Towers seems the worse for wear than the other two books, this seems to replicated in other copies for sale. You can see this in a picture from a current ebay sale below.
Deagol does not mention it in
this article that I can see.
I am interested in any ideas as why one of the three books tends to have suffered more over time than the others?
4 May, 2015
2015-5-4 2:59:04 PM UTC
My TT is fine.
4 May, 2015
2015-5-4 4:10:37 PM UTC
And there's your answer!
Trotter, the image
Deagol has up on his award winning site (
),
TolkienBooks.net, clearly has no such issue...
BH
4 May, 2015
2015-5-4 4:34:40 PM UTC
Don't really know why the spine of TT is very prone to fading (difficult one to figure out) but it is definitely an issue.
Virtually all the ones I have seen for sale over the years have had the spine of the TT faded. I think it was about 8/9 years before I found a nice original set with an unfaded spine (and not a completely outrageous price - still was quite expensive - just not completely outrageous).
Sorry to be of no absolutely no help with your question. Don't even have a guess to venture!
4 May, 2015
2015-5-4 10:02:10 PM UTC
The buckram is more prone to delamination from the underlying board on the TT as well. Presumably there was just a different batch of materials used for some or all of the TTs, which is less durable. I can't see any other explanation - It is either process or materials.
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