By
Max
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 3:17:19 PM UTC
Hello everybody,
I just bought the 3 volumes of the History of middle-earth limited edition. I made an offer on ebay and got all 3 for 550$+shipping, which I think it's a reasonable price (first two I'd say near fine / fine and the third is in shrinkwrap).
I was wondering: is it normal that the third book has a different size? Why on Earth would they make these different? I don't want to open the third one but I was wondering if it's a different impression.
Anyone has noticed the same issue?
Many thanks, best regards,
Max
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 3:18:12 PM UTC
I forgot to upload the photo, here it is.
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 3:46:34 PM UTC
These were definitely inconsistent in size from the get-go. I am trying to find older posts that talk about this previously here on the site, will post a link or two when they show up.
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 4:59:11 PM UTC
Oh my... is it THAT difficult? Can't believe they got it wrong on a limited edition set.
I'm glad I got the set however cause it looks so nice. Books' prices baffle me though, I've seen these editions sell for 600$ each on other websites... It's always so difficult for me to judge which prices are "good".
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 5:37:20 PM UTC
There is an interview on TolkienLibrary w/ David Brawn about that - if I can find the exact link, I'll pass it along. Something tells me it's back from 2010 though.....
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 8:33:14 PM UTC
Max wrote:
Oh my... is it THAT difficult? Can't believe they got it wrong on a limited edition set.
I'm glad I got the set however cause it looks so nice. Books' prices baffle me though, I've seen these editions sell for 600$ each on other websites... It's always so difficult for me to judge which prices are "good".
I think the price you paid was about right, perhaps a bit on the low side. It used to be that Vol 1 was more expensive when the prices of these peaked in 2003-2006ish. Vol 3 is typically the cheapest.
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 8:55:49 PM UTC
Stu wrote:
Max wrote:
Oh my... is it THAT difficult? Can't believe they got it wrong on a limited edition set.
I'm glad I got the set however cause it looks so nice. Books' prices baffle me though, I've seen these editions sell for 600$ each on other websites... It's always so difficult for me to judge which prices are "good".
I think the price you paid was about right, perhaps a bit on the low side. It used to be that Vol 1 was more expensive when the prices of these peaked in 2003-2006ish. Vol 3 is typically the cheapest.
I agree, $600 seems good to me. Did you see these editions actually
sell for $600 each? Or did you see them
listed for sale at that price?
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 8:59:02 PM UTC
Berelach wrote:
I agree, $600 seems good to me. Did you see these editions actually sell for $600 each? Or did you see them listed for sale at that price?
I saw them listed for sale at 600$ each, however that seemed overpriced to me.
15 Jul, 2020
2020-7-15 10:28:19 PM UTC
I agree with Stu: good price, slightly on low side. I mean, I'd have thought picking up vol. I on its own for under $200 pretty hard. So, all-in, $550 seems pretty competitive.
Bought mine for:
Vol. III - £98 (2003)
Vol. II - £100 (2015)
Vol. I - £262 (2017)
So in total £460; ~$580 in today's money.
(I bought these all in the UK; postage outlay was <£10.)
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