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18 May, 2013
2013-5-18 6:40:36 PM UTC
Got my copy of Fall of Arthur today .........through Amazon. But for local book-stores it's hard to get English books so this was the best option for me. The Deluxe edition will take some more days.
18 May, 2013
2013-5-18 6:42:29 PM UTC
Do you mean: you physically got it today!? I thought it wasn't published until next week?

BH
18 May, 2013 (edited)
2013-5-18 7:01:53 PM UTC
Yes, I'm holding it in my own hands

It is bound the same style than the 50th anniversary edition of the LotR, bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd.

I think I know what to read next

EDIT: Resized pictures Trotter

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19 May, 2013
2013-5-19 6:46:15 AM UTC
So we're all heading over to Laurin666's house today?

- wellinghall
19 May, 2013
2013-5-19 7:51:18 AM UTC
New stuff is always good! Early new stuff is even better!
19 May, 2013
2013-5-19 8:26:44 AM UTC
by wellinghall on 2013/5/18 23:46:15 So we're all heading over to Laurin666's house today? - wellinghall

You're very welcome!!
19 May, 2013
2013-5-19 12:20:18 PM UTC
Yeh, early new stuff is good if you're the one that gets it early. But not so much if you're still waiting!

BH
20 May, 2013
2013-5-20 1:24:18 AM UTC
I'm interested in seeing whether - like the last two books - the AU/NZ 1st / 1st is different than the UK one (different boards and printers in both cases).
20 May, 2013
2013-5-20 7:30:31 AM UTC
By "last two" --do you mean S&G & CoH? Was this the trade Hb or deluxe, or both? Without prior knowledge how would you tell them apart now? And by that, I mean, is the printer a AUS/NZ printer?

BH
20 May, 2013 (edited)
2013-5-20 8:46:17 AM UTC

Khamûl wrote:
By "last two" --do you mean S&G & CoH? Was this the trade Hb or deluxe, or both? Without prior knowledge how would you tell them apart now? And by that, I mean, is the printer a AUS/NZ printer?

BH


Yep, S&G and CoH, Trade editions. I'm not aware of any difference on the Deluxe Editions.

With regards to CoH, the UK 1st print was printed by L.E.G.O, SpA , but the Australian one was printed by Printing Express Limited, Hong Kong. The UK one has paper boards, and the AU/NZ one has some kind of impregnated cloth. The AU/NZ one has an unpriced DJ, which is otherwise identical to the UK one. I have attached some images.


I don't have the AU/NZ edition of S&G (as I always expected to pick it up for tuppence -- and I haven't come across it as yet). However, I inspected it in the shop when it came out and it had black boards, as opposed to the brown boards of the regular UK edition. I can't remember who printed the AU/NZ edition - I did take a couple of pictures on my phone at the time, but they are long gone, unfortunately. I do remember that the quality of the boards on the AU/NZ S&G seemed poorer than the UK edition.

Edit: I'm reliably informed that the AU Edition of S&G bears the text: "Printed and bound in Australia by Griffin Press".

Stu.

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