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30 May, 2014
2014-5-30 2:04:09 AM UTC
We don't know what HarperCollins plan to put on the lower cover of the pocket edition, but according to our latest information, they intend to reproduce the full wraparound cover art on the endpapers, so it will be in the book one way or the other.

You may recall (Chronology, p. 597) that Tolkien noticed too late that the original Bombadil cover art had Tom on the back and the mariner on the front, sailing east rather than west. He felt that the picture should have been reversed in direction, but the titling frame would have had to be moved. At that time it would have meant new art; now the frame can be cut, pasted, and amended in Photoshop. Ballantine Books accomplished something of this sort for the earliest printings of The Tolkien Reader, putting the (cropped) Bombadil upper cover on the back, with a blurb in the titling frame, and the Bombadil lower cover on the front, with an oval title panel superimposed.
3 Jun, 2014
2014-6-3 8:39:13 PM UTC
There will be an American boxed pocked edition of the Hobbit & LotR: four leatherette books in a leatherette bound box.

https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/the-ho ... t-boxed-set-9780544445789
https://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-Lord ... collsguid-20&linkCode=osi

What do you think?
3 Jun, 2014
2014-6-3 10:03:44 PM UTC

Laurin666 wrote:
There will be an American boxed pocked edition of the Hobbit & LotR: four leatherette books in a leatherette bound box.

https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/the-ho ... t-boxed-set-9780544445789
https://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-Lord ... collsguid-20&linkCode=osi

What do you think?

I must admit, I'm not a fan of materials that masquerade as other materials, so leatherette is a bit of a no-no for me.
5 Jun, 2014
2014-6-5 9:40:32 AM UTC
Well, it looks like the facsimile Hobbit ain't happening this year. Pushed back by another year. Sigh.

Unfortunately, the release date for the item(s) listed below was changed by the supplier, and we need to provide you with a new estimated delivery date based on the new release date:

Tolkien, J. R. R. "The Hobbit Facsimile First Edition"
Estimated arrival date: July 01 2015 - July 06 2015
5 Jun, 2014 (edited)
2014-6-5 7:55:27 PM UTC
I got the same email as well.

I am hoping that HarperCollins would think about an independent release of the Audio CD of the so far unreleased audio, by Tolkien, from the The Hobbit, as they appear to be facing issues with producing the Facsimile Hobbit.
6 Jun, 2014
2014-6-6 6:16:46 AM UTC

Trotter wrote:
I got the same email as well.

I am hoping that HarperCollins would think about an independent release of the Audio CD of the so far unreleased audio, by Tolkien, from the The Hobbit, as they appear to be facing issues with producing the Facsimile Hobbit.


It would be nice, but I have my doubts as to whether the market would be big enough for them to bother with a separate release.
18 Jun, 2014
2014-6-18 9:36:33 PM UTC
What's this in the post? Not the usual internal Speedyhen packaging...

BH

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19 Jun, 2014
2014-6-19 1:43:41 AM UTC

Khamûl wrote:
What's this in the post? Not the usual internal Speedyhen packaging...

BH

Nice. There may be some hope in it arriving in one piece, then. Mine got dispatched by Amazon today.
19 Jun, 2014
2014-6-19 7:52:58 AM UTC
I'd be interested in seeing a photo of the book and slipcase, if you get a chance, Khamul. I'm guessing mine will be at least a couple of weeks away.
19 Jun, 2014
2014-6-19 6:43:18 PM UTC
I got the book today, I like the book and the new versions of the illustrations, you can see quite a difference when comparing with the original illustrations.

I also like the new fold-out illustration at the front of the book (4th picture below).

Bad points for me are that even though the book was in a box, it was still damaged as you can see from the pictures, so will be sending it back.

The plastic case is infuriating to put the book back into, and is almost certain to get broken if you read this book a lot.

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