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Books and other printed materials >> A Tolkien family album

By Stu

A Tolkien family album

1 Mar, 2020
2020-3-1 7:33:27 AM UTC

Am I mistaken or was this cover never actually used? (page from HarperCollins promotional catalogue 1990-1991)

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Trotter

1 Mar, 2020
2020-3-1 7:36:25 AM UTC

That must have been a mock-up of the cover. Only the red cover was used for the UK & US hardbacks, as far as I am aware.

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