I was on the Easton Press website today looking to see what Tolkien books are currently available, and I see a number of History of Middle-earth volumes are in stock with one being a recent release.
All five books have the following features: - Fully bound in genuine leather. - 22kt gold deeply inlaid on the “hubbed” spine. - Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper that lasts for generations. - Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books. - Satin-ribbon page marker. - Gilded page ends. - Bound in the USA.
The Shaping of Middle-earth
5 1/2” x 8 7/8”, 496pp
3 Monthly Installments of $33
The Lost Road and other Writings
5 1/2” x 8 5/8”, 464pp
3 Monthly Installments of $33
Morgoth's Ring and the War of the Jewels (2 volumes)
Yeah, they have been kicking these out every couple of months. I do wonder if they will re-issue BoLT 1 abd BoLT2 in the same format.
I wish they would return to design school though. These could be so much better designed, with less gaudiness, and using meaningful Tolkien symbols, rather than the random squiggles and patterns. They are generally relatively well put together books. The closest they got to a good visual design was Beowulf, IMHO.
Yeah, the designs are all over the place, and none really appeal to me.
As far as I can tell, they never released Sauron Defeated in its entirety, just The End of the Third Age as a slim volume for The History of The Lord of the Rings. I assume they will all be reprinted someday, as EP tends to do that.
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