22 Sep, 2018
(edited)Edited by Urulöké on 2018/9/22 15:51:25
2018/9/22 15:19:34 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
In the past few days, Amazon.co.uk has started showing that a new edition of
Letters from Father Christmas is planned for release on September 19, 2019 - one year from now. The details are of course quite sparse and contradictory (the listing says it is both a paperback and a deluxe slipcased edition) so I asked HarperCollins if there was any news they could share. The response I received was
It’s true - FCL is joining our range of uniform deluxe editions.
We will have to wait for more information, but hopefully the art reproductions will get the deluxe treatment and we can enjoy adding this to our collections!
Info (subject to correction of course):
Letters from Father ChristmasDeluxe Slipcased edition
£60.00
192 pages
Planned release date: 19 Sept. 2019
ISBN-10: 0008327726
ISBN-13: 978-0008327729
https://amzn.to/2DkzQ7W(Thanks to Jeff Hawboldt for pointing me to the Amazon listing!)
22 Sep, 2018
2018/9/22 15:40:58 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Hmm...not sure how I feel about this. I think it's a bit silly at this point. Mr Bliss will be next. What then?
22 Sep, 2018
2018/9/22 15:53:26 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Karl wrote:
Hmm...not sure how I feel about this. I think it's a bit silly at this point. Mr Bliss will be next. What then?
Goblin Feet?
22 Sep, 2018
2018/9/22 16:58:48 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Songs for the Philologists....

(Mostly kidding, but as it falls out of copyright in 25 years I am sure they will do something with it before then.)
22 Sep, 2018
2018/9/22 19:07:19 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
192 pages suggests the format of the 2012 hardback (or paperback if you look at the copyright page). I realize number of pages may not yet be set in stone. The conveniently sized 2012 edition is a smaller format than the deluxe series. You've got to think that this will be printed on glossy art paper which will be a major departure for the series.
22 Sep, 2018
2018/9/22 19:55:05 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I’m hazarding a guess that the page count is bogus - just copied from the current edition.
I do agree with the paper - I really want a high quality glossy paper for this.
22 Sep, 2018
(edited)Edited by Stu on 2018/9/23 9:21:41
Edited by Stu on 2018/9/23 9:23:23
Edited by Stu on 2018/9/23 9:24:16
2018/9/22 23:54:45 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
IMHO, Deluxe Letters from Father Christmas is absurd. £15 book in a slipcase for £60, which collectors will buy because they have already purchased the first 50 or however many we are at. I would mind less if the deluxe editions were actually deluxe, but they really aren't. They are expensive paper covered books in paper covered slipcases. At this point they are just a boring exercise in box ticking. I'm all for uniformity, but.... Sigh.
Really looking forward to the deluxe edition of Tolkien's favourite shopping lists in 2020.
23 Sep, 2018
2018/9/23 4:23:10 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Interesting. I had asked here some time ago about the “best” edition of FCL to buy, as I believe there were several editions with (slightly) different content?
At least, there was also an older edition that came with actual envelopes styled the way Tolkien originally designed them.
This will be an interesting deluxe edition - though I do hope they give it a good treatment and don’t somehow botch it up like they did the so-called deluxe HoME.
23 Sep, 2018
2018/9/23 4:35:07 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I think the first (1976) edition FCL is probably the essential one to own, especially if you also already own Artist and Illustrator (and you probably do).