I just saw this in my Facebook feed... Waterstones is selling signed copies of the regular hardback (not deluxe) online for £20.

Link: https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781785173752

I don't plan to get this either because I'll be getting the deluxe for my collection and I don't see the point in having another copy just for the sake of Alan Lee's signature.

I thought of sharing the link in case others hadn't seen it

Thanks for sharing that

Some pictures of the Deluxe B&L from https://www.instagram.com/tolkien.books/

Wow! Thanks for sharing. That's an interesting painting; and definitely different in tone from the cover illustration.

Also good to see it's not printed in China

It is nice to see Tevildo, the Prince of Cats, and Huan and Lúthien as well, illustrated by Alan Lee

Very true. I agree. Though I always imagined Tevildo much larger lol.

Here's hoping Christopher Tolkien does a similar release of The Fall of Gondolin. I would love to see Alan Lee's rendering of the seven gates. I always loved that story a lot; and it's been my favourite since I read the lay in HOME.

Looks quite nice. Glad that we didn't get a Chinese print (although we don't actually know where is is printed -- the answer "no" to China was less than informative). There are no signs of any of the features that marred Kullervo, though.

Right - the slipcase opening is an actual curve and the spine titling is centered! Did anyone end up with a Kullervo with centered spine titling? The half-dozen I've personally examined all have left-of-centeritis.

Karl wrote:
Right - the slipcase opening is an actual curve and the spine titling is centered! Did anyone end up with a Kullervo with centered spine titling? The half-dozen I've personally examined all have left-of-centeritis.

The three that I have seen all had off-centre titling to slightly varying degrees. I wouldn't rule out there being a copy out there where the printer/binder actually managed to get it right by accident, but I expect that copy will have the text bound in upside-down or some other fault...

A bit more info about the content here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/c ... _beren_and_luthien_today/

I believe it is - as expected - more a repackaging than anything especially new (other than the art).

Screenshot from the "Look Inside" at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Beren-Lúthien-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/1328791823/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495849370&sr=8-1&keywords=beren+and+luthien