insurrbution wrote:
All artwork has appeared in prior illustrated editions. Nothing is missing here, nor is anything added.
The illustration in chapter II which depicts the Green Dragon Inn was not present in my 1997 copy. Maybe it was added at a later impression, I think it's the first time I see it
I have to say that I love the redesign and the layout in this edition BUT I still prefer the glossy paper used in the original edition, just for the illustration pages.
I like the different colouring on most of the rescanned LotR 60th illustrations (which I had not seen until now), but I feel the choice of paper make the pictures look dull and blurry when compared to the 90s edition.
I ignore if the one-volume LotR 60th hardback is printed in glossy paper.
Faramond wrote:
This may have been addressed earlier, but I am confused by the comments on the paper used for this set. Are the pages with just text printed on glossy paper (as in the HMH 2004 Silmarillion) or is it just the illustration pages?
Assuming you are referring to the original topic books ("The Lord of the Rings, Alan Lee illustrated May 2020"), the illustrations are printed on non-glossy paper, though the illustration leaves are pure white, while the text leaves are an off-white. Hopefully the attached shows the different tone fairly clearly.
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