Aelfwine wrote:

This looks exactly like Isengard doesn't.

That is the most Douglas Adams description I've ever read. Thanks for that!

This Orthanc is based entirely on the Hildebrandt version.

Tapuvae wrote:

This Orthanc is based entirely on the Hildebrandt version.

Definitely. Sept '76 calendar & pg 32-33 in the Hildebrandt The Tolkien Years.

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Tolkein And The Critics 1st Edition Paperback USA Edition 1969

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Might be interesting for someone here.

Seems like a decent deal. I already own this:

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The Hobbit JRR Tolkien, 1959, eleventh impression

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Jlong wrote:

Seems like a decent deal. I already own this:

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The Hobbit JRR Tolkien, 1959, eleventh impression

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I just snapped it up

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Jlong wrote:

Seems like a decent deal. I already own this:

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The Hobbit JRR Tolkien, 1959, eleventh impression

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Seller: calla4748

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I just snapped it up

So this is one of the HM printed copies, yes? Interesting.

Khamûl wrote:

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Jlong wrote:

Seems like a decent deal. I already own this:

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The Hobbit JRR Tolkien, 1959, eleventh impression

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I just snapped it up

So this is one of the HM printed copies, yes? Interesting.

Yes, I have a A&U '59 but not a HM '59...well I do now.

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Jlong wrote:

Seems like a decent deal. I already own this:

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The Hobbit JRR Tolkien, 1959, eleventh impression

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I just snapped it up

Glad you got it. I briefly thought about it, but decided not to bother! I don't want to start down the path of US Hobbits...

A Lydney Park. probably a bit tatty for the money.

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