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UK Deluxe Tales from the Perilous Realm [2008]

24 Sep, 2014 (edited)
2014-9-24 11:59:08 AM UTC

Deagol, on his excellent site states

"The print run was 2,500 copies.

This edition was issued with two ISBN numbers:

ISBN 9780007286188 - The standard issue.
ISBN 9780007237159 - A limited edition of 500 copies signed by Alan Lee
."

So, were 3000 copies issued, of which 500 were signed by Alan Lee, or 2500 of which 500 were signed by Alan Lee?

I think that it was probably 2500, am I correct?

http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=71260
24 Sep, 2014
2014-9-24 5:36:20 PM UTC
The numbers were supplied by Beren.
2,500 copies total, 500 of which were signed.
25 Sep, 2014 (edited)
2014-9-25 11:14:49 AM UTC
I'm going to dump this here, as it's interesting (as discussed before) how much this title is achieving at auction: eBay Item #191338117506

Plus, the questions (perhaps from a few people here on TCG?) are highly amusing...

Q: i will buy this book directly of you, how much would you be interested in selling it for? (please be realistic i have been looking for this book for years and the last time it went on sale i got outbidded in the last second by a pound)
Yeh, be realistic. I really need this book!

Q: Hi there, Why are you selling?
Great use of the question function here. You're a bookseller, but why are you selling books?

Q: I really need this book on my bookshelf. How about I give you 50 quid for it?
Okay, I just made that last one up...

BH
29 Sep, 2014
2014-9-29 8:09:01 PM UTC
Big price again...

BH

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23 Nov, 2014
2014-11-23 7:58:28 AM UTC
Might have been reprinted (or might just be a few copies that have surfaced -- the auction had 5 copies available) ?

eBay Item #141481768835
23 Nov, 2014
2014-11-23 1:25:57 PM UTC
Also, Stu, here's a UK books2anywhere auction with three copies available for even cheaper; £35.19 per copy.
eBay Item #301407487350
Maybe it has been reprinted...

BH
23 Nov, 2014
2014-11-23 5:15:09 PM UTC
And they're all gone.

BH

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23 Nov, 2014
2014-11-23 8:53:15 PM UTC
I'm tending to think that a reprint is most likely. The "the_nile_au" auction still has 5 copies after 5 being sold (it just periodically increments back up to 5), so they must have had a minimum of 10 copies available, and most likely more.
15 Feb, 2015
2015-2-15 9:00:23 PM UTC
16 Feb, 2015 (edited)
2015-2-16 2:44:36 PM UTC
Yes it has, another 420 copies were reprinted, I expect it to be reprinted as it goes out of print and there are still demands for the book.

copy numbers from correspondence with HC.
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