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31 May, 2021
2021/5/31 2:40:44 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Trotter wrote:

Picture of Merlin Unwin, portrait of Sir Stanley Unwin and bronze bust of J.R.R. Tolkien

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez1PWsuX0AYASr1?format=jpg&name=large

Merlin Unwin have an active Instagram account worth having a look at - and you will also find a much better photo of the Tolkien bust made by Faith Faulconbridge here; and the picture Trotter mentioned with some explanatory text is to be found here.

As I just checked with their website an "epub" option is now available but it as the only information on this seems to be isPOD: noPOD (?) I would not want to buy this yet. I am not going to support a Big A or Apple only option but am hoping it is a full-flegded, open epub.
31 May, 2021
2021/5/31 3:09:47 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
The official release date for the ePub version is June 1st but it does appear that it is now available on their website for ordering.

https://merlinunwin.co.uk/collections/ ... in?variant=39376304930947

The note you found just says the ePub is not Print On Demand (go figure ?)
31 May, 2021 (edited)
2021/5/31 3:23:43 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Blackwell's has this for now:

- Read on your eReader, tablet, mobile, MAC or desktop PC.
- Currently not compatible with Amazon Kindle.

What basically means because it is not for sale _right now_ it is not compatible with Kindle?

ADDENDUM: The entries on different pages are really odd.

Blackwell's has 2018 as the publishing date for the hardback; the British National Bibliography has £14.99 for the epub, not £30 as the publisher says.
31 May, 2021 (edited)
2021/5/31 7:59:40 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
If you interested in the Kindle version it is currently £20.44 or $29.01.

George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer
ASIN : B005IH02CG
Publisher : Merlin Unwin Books (1 Jun. 2021)
Amazon.co.uk (affiliate)
George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer
Unwin, Rayner
B00J75NB2S
(Kindle Edition)
£19.99
Availability: Now

Amazon.com (affiliate)
George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer
Unwin, Rayner
B00J75NB2S
(Kindle Edition)
$27.77
Availability: Now
6 Jun, 2021
2021/6/6 0:19:55 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Olwe has a wonderful set of posts, including a very nice submission from Merlin Unwin, over on his patreon. Well worth reading!
11 Jun, 2021
2021/6/11 12:57:03 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Thank you for your kind words!

I would also like to let you lot know that only a very, very small number of the signed editions are still available. So if anyone is still hesitating I highly suggest you write to Merlin Unwin today.
2 Sep, 2021
2021/9/2 17:22:43 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
It appears that 4 limited editions in slipcases are still available from Merlin Unwin Books according to a Tweet that they sent out today.

**Special Edition**

In addition to the trade edition (£30) of George Allen & Unwin – A Remembrancer by Rayner Unwin, we are offering just 50 copies as a Special Edition.

Each copy of the Special Edition will be numbered, with a tipped-in bookplate, signed by Rayner Unwin’s son, publisher Merlin Unwin.

In partnership with expert craftsmen at Ludlow Bookbinders, the Special Edition will be presented in a hand-made black buckram slipcase, lined with grey suede, and with gold foil blocking of the George Allen & Unwin colophon by the Victorian artist and book illustrator Walter Crane.

Each copy of the Limited Signed and Slip-cased Edition will cost: £125 plus shipping and will be available for delivery from 31 March 2021.

Please contact Merlin Unwin Books to reserve a copy now of this Special Edition (01584 877456 or email us at [email protected]).

https://merlinunwin.co.uk/products/geo ... =r&variant=34339769450627
3 Sep, 2021
2021/9/3 9:39:01 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Trotter wrote:

It appears that 4 limited editions in slipcases are still available from Merlin Unwin Books according to a Tweet that they sent out today.


there are now 3 left
3 Sep, 2021
2021/9/3 10:06:08 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
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2021/9/10 12:18:23 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
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