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21 May, 2017
2017-5-21 3:20:11 AM UTC
I just saw this in my Facebook feed... Waterstones is selling signed copies of the regular hardback (not deluxe) online for £20.

Link: https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781785173752

I don't plan to get this either because I'll be getting the deluxe for my collection and I don't see the point in having another copy just for the sake of Alan Lee's signature.

I thought of sharing the link in case others hadn't seen it
21 May, 2017
2017-5-21 4:57:13 PM UTC
Thanks for sharing that
26 May, 2017 (edited)
2017-5-26 10:40:23 AM UTC
Some pictures of the Deluxe B&L from https://www.instagram.com/tolkien.books/

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26 May, 2017
2017-5-26 12:24:45 PM UTC
Wow! Thanks for sharing. That's an interesting painting; and definitely different in tone from the cover illustration.

Also good to see it's not printed in China
26 May, 2017 (edited)
2017-5-26 12:40:39 PM UTC
It is nice to see Tevildo, the Prince of Cats, and Huan and Lúthien as well, illustrated by Alan Lee
26 May, 2017
2017-5-26 1:20:49 PM UTC
Very true. I agree. Though I always imagined Tevildo much larger lol.

Here's hoping Christopher Tolkien does a similar release of The Fall of Gondolin. I would love to see Alan Lee's rendering of the seven gates. I always loved that story a lot; and it's been my favourite since I read the lay in HOME.
26 May, 2017
2017-5-26 10:55:43 PM UTC
Looks quite nice. Glad that we didn't get a Chinese print (although we don't actually know where is is printed -- the answer "no" to China was less than informative). There are no signs of any of the features that marred Kullervo, though.
26 May, 2017
2017-5-26 11:51:04 PM UTC
Right - the slipcase opening is an actual curve and the spine titling is centered! Did anyone end up with a Kullervo with centered spine titling? The half-dozen I've personally examined all have left-of-centeritis.
27 May, 2017
2017-5-27 1:18:25 AM UTC

Karl wrote:
Right - the slipcase opening is an actual curve and the spine titling is centered! Did anyone end up with a Kullervo with centered spine titling? The half-dozen I've personally examined all have left-of-centeritis.

The three that I have seen all had off-centre titling to slightly varying degrees. I wouldn't rule out there being a copy out there where the printer/binder actually managed to get it right by accident, but I expect that copy will have the text bound in upside-down or some other fault...
27 May, 2017 (edited)
2017-5-27 1:39:16 AM UTC
A bit more info about the content here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/c ... _beren_and_luthien_today/

I believe it is - as expected - more a repackaging than anything especially new (other than the art).

Screenshot from the "Look Inside" at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Beren-Lúthien-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/1328791823/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495849370&sr=8-1&keywords=beren+and+luthien

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