Khamûl wrote:
Do you not think they look at little short to be the leather editions?
BH
I don't think so. If you rotate "The Hobbit" deluxe and stick it next to the HoME as a scale comparison, it appears there is enough room for the Deluxe HoME to fit in the box. I think the box is much deeper than it looks, which accounts for the optical illusion of the books within the box looking much smaller (relative to those stacked on top).
The picture refers to a competition that HC are running at the moment.
http://www.tolkienchristmas.com/
If you look at that page you will see the same books but with the current slipcased HOME 3 volume.
I think they were doing a publicity photo and the current HOME 3 volumes would not fit in the box, so they used the leather 3 volume HOME instead.
http://www.tolkienchristmas.com/
If you look at that page you will see the same books but with the current slipcased HOME 3 volume.
I think they were doing a publicity photo and the current HOME 3 volumes would not fit in the box, so they used the leather 3 volume HOME instead.
Easton Press Beowulf
Design-wise, I think EP have done a better job of this than with some of their other Tolkien offerings. Thankfully they left the back board blank, rather than covering it with an excess of gilt pattern-work. If they had only left the border off the front (and spine),it would be better, but overall, I think it is a decent enough looking book.
Unfortunately, unlike HarperCollins, they do not include the original cover art as a frontispiece.
Design-wise, I think EP have done a better job of this than with some of their other Tolkien offerings. Thankfully they left the back board blank, rather than covering it with an excess of gilt pattern-work. If they had only left the border off the front (and spine),it would be better, but overall, I think it is a decent enough looking book.
Unfortunately, unlike HarperCollins, they do not include the original cover art as a frontispiece.
Trotter wrote:
Believe that this is probably the last of the pocket books, though I suppose Leaf by Niggle, Mr Bliss, Father Christmas Letters are also candidates as well for this book format.
Smith of Wootton Major
Published on 26th February 2015.
I received the book today and it looks to be very similar to the 2005 hardback.
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=54350
but with one extra section, which is an additional gallery showing Pauline Baynes redrawn illustrations that appeared in Poems & Stories
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=63790
My copy states the copyright as 2005, with "1" beneath denoting first printing; pretty much as the 2005 edition would say! Don't see any mention of "2015" on the copyright pg. at all.
BH
BH