Now that is something to look forward to!
Which means my decision to purchase no more new books after 2014 already has an exception.
Which means my decision to purchase no more new books after 2014 already has an exception.
The Easton Press have released Beowulf, in case anyone is interested.
http://www.eastonpress.com/Books/prod/E42/BEOWULF_3006.aspx
http://www.eastonpress.com/Books/prod/E42/BEOWULF_3006.aspx
The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R.Tolkien - 27 August 2015:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Kullerv ... collsguid-21&linkCode=osi
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Kullerv ... collsguid-21&linkCode=osi
Is HarperCollins planning to reissue the HoMe deluxe series in a single slipcase? Or does anybody know something about this HoMe edition?
(photo comes from HC's "The Hobbit" Facebook page)
(photo comes from HC's "The Hobbit" Facebook page)
Interesting. They look like jacket-less HoME volumes, slipcased (as you say), in (perhaps?) the post-2004 (starting from the 50th Aniv. LotRs Ed.) deluxe style. That would kind of make sense I suppose. This is the first I've seen/heard though.
BH
BH
At first sight I thought they were just regular Complete HoMe volumes without jackets, but - compared to the other books on display - their width is too small to make that theory work... Very curious.
The jacket-less HoME volumes in the picture appear to be the bible-paper editions.
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=68900
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=68910
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=68920
These editions are very, very unlikely to appear again in the future and I expect should not have appeared in the picture
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=68900
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=68910
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=68920
These editions are very, very unlikely to appear again in the future and I expect should not have appeared in the picture
Do you think? I don't. We know the slipcase that housed these was a prototype only; therefore, it would be pretty unlikely to pop up in a 2014 HC photograph along with current editions. Additionally, those spines don't look leather. Further, if we assume the bottom of all of those books are sitting flush with the bottom of the cardboard box (not an unreasonable assumption), then these HoME volumes are far too short to be the 2000-2001 leather Eds. Yes/no?
BH
BH
I think these are the 2000-2001 leather-bound editions. If you notice above the Tolkien logo on Vol. 3, you can see a curve of reflected light. This feature is present to a lesser degree on both my copies of Vol. 3.
Why they are present in this photo - who knows, but perhaps they are planning another release, and those were closest to what is intended to be produced (or maybe they were all out of the current boxed set).
Why they are present in this photo - who knows, but perhaps they are planning another release, and those were closest to what is intended to be produced (or maybe they were all out of the current boxed set).