
21 Mar, 2021
2021/3/21 15:12:57 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/3/21 15:12:57 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Finally received my copy. It is a handsome book in hand. I half expected it to look a little like I was tripping but I like it very much.

21 Mar, 2021
2021/3/21 19:49:34 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/3/21 19:49:34 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
onthetrail wrote:
Finally received my copy. It is a handsome book in hand. I half expected it to look a little like I was tripping but I like it very much.
Remembrancer or deluxe Sil? Remembrancer doesn't seem especially trippy.

21 Mar, 2021
2021/3/21 21:14:07 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/3/21 21:14:07 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Stu wrote:
onthetrail wrote:
Finally received my copy. It is a handsome book in hand. I half expected it to look a little like I was tripping but I like it very much.
Remembrancer or deluxe Sil? Remembrancer doesn't seem especially trippy.
Remembrancer. I thought it looked way to green to my eyes. I like it. Just need to find time to read the thing now. It falls into a long stack of still unread books though.

21 Mar, 2021
2021/3/21 21:21:05 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/3/21 21:21:05 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
onthetrail wrote:
Stu wrote:
onthetrail wrote:
Finally received my copy. It is a handsome book in hand. I half expected it to look a little like I was tripping but I like it very much.
Remembrancer or deluxe Sil? Remembrancer doesn't seem especially trippy.
Remembrancer. I thought it looked way to green to my eyes. I like it. Just need to find time to read the thing now. It falls into a long stack of still unread books though.
Ahh. I quite like the green from what I have seen in the photos. Agree with you re the time for reading, though.

23 Mar, 2021
2021/3/23 0:35:13 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/3/23 0:35:13 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Unexpectedly, my Remembrancer from BD arrived today -- undamaged. Fortunately they had not used one of the rubbish little envelopes.

23 Mar, 2021
2021/3/23 1:07:03 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/3/23 1:07:03 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Stu wrote:
Unexpectedly, my Remembrancer from BD arrived today -- undamaged. Fortunately they had not used one of the rubbish little envelopes.
Well that's good! I have my replacement coming, so all's well now.

26 Mar, 2021
2021/3/26 18:55:07 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/3/26 18:55:07 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
To anyone reading this (or Mr. Unwin), I'd be interested to know if the text was revised/corrected. The first edition/print has a fair amount of small typos that would be noticeable to anyone reading the book cover to cover. Since I've already read the book I won't be going through the new edition anytime soon. Thank you!

25 Apr, 2021
2021/4/25 17:13:58 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/4/25 17:13:58 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Picture of Merlin Unwin, portrait of Sir Stanley Unwin and bronze bust of J.R.R. Tolkien
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23 May, 2021
(edited)
2021/5/23 11:49:41 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Edited by NoUse on 2021/5/23 12:01:48
2021/5/23 11:49:41 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Berelach wrote:
To anyone reading this (or Mr. Unwin), I'd be interested to know if the text was revised/corrected. The first edition/print has a fair amount of small typos that would be noticeable to anyone reading the book cover to cover. Since I've already read the book I won't be going through the new edition anytime soon. Thank you!
I've just finished reading the new edition/print and have come across many small typos. So my guess is that the answer to your question, Berelach, is no, the text was not corrected, though I don't have a copy of the first edition/print to compare to. Another round of proofreading would surely have been nice.
Apart from that, it was a nice read. It's great to have Rayner Unwin's view on events in this book. I especially liked the part about how surprised A&U were to learn that Tolkien had offered the LotR/Simarillion manuscripts package to another publisher (Collins).

25 May, 2021
2021/5/25 13:41:48 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2021/5/25 13:41:48 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
NoUse wrote:
Berelach wrote:
To anyone reading this (or Mr. Unwin), I'd be interested to know if the text was revised/corrected. The first edition/print has a fair amount of small typos that would be noticeable to anyone reading the book cover to cover. Since I've already read the book I won't be going through the new edition anytime soon. Thank you!
I've just finished reading the new edition/print and have come across many small typos. So my guess is that the answer to your question, Berelach, is no, the text was not corrected, though I don't have a copy of the first edition/print to compare to. Another round of proofreading would surely have been nice.
Apart from that, it was a nice read. It's great to have Rayner Unwin's view on events in this book. I especially liked the part about how surprised A&U were to learn that Tolkien had offered the LotR/Simarillion manuscripts package to another publisher (Collins).
Thanks NoUse!