TCG - The Lord of the Rings Hardcover – Special Edition October 2024

Mr. Underhill
Shirrif (Moderator)

1 May, 2024
2024-5-1 4:27:09 PM UTC

Trotter wrote:
scarletsorcerer wrote:
That’s what we initially thought with the Author Illustrated deluxe LotR debacle, but folks kept on pre-ordering each new slipcased edition anyway….

Luckily, ever since the AI deluxe Silmarillion, they seemed to have wisened up in their deluxe releases.

What makes you think that luck had any part to play in that?

Agree with Trotter. There was no luck or getting wise involved. There were QC issues at a printer that HC contracted, combined with Covid and other things. HarperCollins addressed those as any business would.

Eye_of_the_Black_Tower
Home away from home

1 May, 2024
2024-5-1 4:28:36 PM UTC

I withdraw ‘luck’ and replace with ‘thankfully.’

Huan

1 May, 2024
2024-5-1 6:16:49 PM UTC

Insurrbution, is that you?

The late Stu
Home away from home

1 May, 2024 (edited)
2024-5-1 8:14:34 PM UTC

Tentatively excited by this one. Will really come down to the image reproduction, and I suspect for practical bookbinding reasons, this is likely to be on a par with recent releases. Always possible they will take the 1992 route and manage to insert plates on proper illustration paper (the last AL 3 volume set to do so), but I'm not sure if the current illustration count/position allows for that (though they could move things around). Obviously Folio got around this by using tipped in plates, but that is clearly not going to happen here. Assuming the leather/cloth colours are similar to the mockup, seems like it will be an attractive edition (the Author Illustrated editions were a bit "in your face" for me with the bold colours mixed with black).

Dale Nelson
Home away from home

2 May, 2024
2024-5-2 3:12:32 AM UTC

I tend to think a publisher is guilty till proven innocent as regards binding, with pages as sewn signatures, no bleedthrough of print, etc. This seems like a lot of money to pay, otherwise, for a book with familiar artwork plus some new sketches. And is this the best text possible?

Trotter

2 May, 2024 (edited)
2024-5-2 5:49:05 AM UTC

Have added the US edition to the first post, would not rely on release dates or differences in page length at the moment.

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Zaister

2 May, 2024
2024-5-2 9:56:02 AM UTC

I think it's interesting to nota that these aren't red in any way.

By the way, which Folio edition has Alan Lee illustrations?

Trotter

2 May, 2024
2024-5-2 9:57:38 AM UTC

Zaister wrote:
I think it's interesting to nota that these aren't red in any way.

By the way, which Folio edition has Alan Lee illustrations?

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=38734#forumpost38734

Luckyshot

2 May, 2024
2024-5-2 2:08:02 PM UTC

Trotter wrote:
Zaister wrote:
I think it's interesting to nota that these aren't red in any way.

By the way, which Folio edition has Alan Lee illustrations?

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=38734#forumpost38734

Wow! Missed that release. Those insane prices make this seem a bargain.

northman

2 May, 2024
2024-5-2 3:09:04 PM UTC

I sincerely doubt that. $1000 for a limited FS deluxe beats $250 for HC mass produced set easily imho. A Folio Society deluxe is just book as an art in itself.

Luckyshot wrote:
Trotter wrote:
Zaister wrote:
I think it's interesting to nota that these aren't red in any way.

By the way, which Folio edition has Alan Lee illustrations?

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=38734#forumpost38734
Wow! Missed that release. Those insane prices make this seem a bargain.

The Lord of the Rings: 70th Anniversary Deluxe (US Hardback)

William Morrow (2024-10-01)

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