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St George device
2 Mar
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2023/3/2 20:49:53 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2023/3/2 20:49:53 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I flipped trough my old first editions of LotR and noticed the St George device pictured below. In FotR it appears in my 6th from -56 and 8th from -59 but not in the 12th from -62.
Does anyone know how long it was used and which were the last impressions to have it?
Does anyone know how long it was used and which were the last impressions to have it?
I believe that it comes from the logo for the publisher George Allen, which was then modified for George Allen & Unwin, when it was bought by Sir Stanley Unwin during WWI.
https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=17867#forumpost17867
https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=17867#forumpost17867
FoTR on my shelf -
3rd St George device
4th St George device
7th St George device
8th St George device
8th in a 9th dustwrapper - No St George device
10th St George device
11th St George device
12th No St George device
13th No St George device
14th No St George device
15th No St George device
I can't explain the anomaly of the 8th in a 9th dustwrapper - No St George device.
This has reminded me that I am missing the 5th, 6th and 9th impressions, so if anyone has spares of these, please contact me!
(There is a similar trend in TT and RoTK but I haven't checked every copy that I have.)
3rd St George device
4th St George device
7th St George device
8th St George device
8th in a 9th dustwrapper - No St George device
10th St George device
11th St George device
12th No St George device
13th No St George device
14th No St George device
15th No St George device
I can't explain the anomaly of the 8th in a 9th dustwrapper - No St George device.
This has reminded me that I am missing the 5th, 6th and 9th impressions, so if anyone has spares of these, please contact me!
(There is a similar trend in TT and RoTK but I haven't checked every copy that I have.)
Your 8th in a 9th dustwrapper is most likely the 1960 9th with the printers error of dropping the 8th printing of 1959. Noted in The Tolkien Collector #20
billhinge wrote:
Isn't it at the back? 13th impression on page 424 along with the addresses
I think the logo is at the back of all the impressions on the address page.
Roccondil wrote:
FoTR on my shelf -
3rd St George device
4th St George device
7th St George device
8th St George device
8th in a 9th dustwrapper - No St George device
10th St George device
11th St George device
12th No St George device
13th No St George device
14th No St George device
15th No St George device
I can't explain the anomaly of the 8th in a 9th dustwrapper -
My 8th in a 9th wrapper has the St George device. Is your half title page missing, or is it present but without the device?
Here's a couple of pics of my 8th in a 9th dustwrapper. As you can see, it is quite clear. There is no St George device on the title page.
Hello Roccondil,
It looks like your's is an Eighth in a Ninth Dustjacket. If it was the printers error it would look like the attached 9th in a 9th dustjacket (showing Eighth in 1960 printing)
It looks like your's is an Eighth in a Ninth Dustjacket. If it was the printers error it would look like the attached 9th in a 9th dustjacket (showing Eighth in 1960 printing)
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