By Roäc

St George device

2 Mar, 2023 (edited)
2023-3-2 8:49:53 PM UTC

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?

Trotter

2 Mar, 2023
2023-3-2 8:57:57 PM UTC

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

Roccondil

3 Mar, 2023
2023-3-3 11:58:09 AM UTC

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.)

dunedain

3 Mar, 2023
2023-3-3 3:28:43 PM UTC

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

Roccondil

3 Mar, 2023
2023-3-3 4:56:27 PM UTC

So I (probably) have got a 9th after all! Thanks for the useful information, dunedain.

billhinge

5 Mar, 2023
2023-3-5 12:32:47 PM UTC

Isn't it at the back? 13th impression on page 424 along with the addresses

Trotter

5 Mar, 2023
2023-3-5 12:48:11 PM UTC

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.

garm

5 Mar, 2023
2023-3-5 1:36:02 PM UTC

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?

Roccondil

5 Mar, 2023
2023-3-5 5:43:23 PM UTC

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.

dunedain

6 Mar, 2023
2023-3-6 6:20:20 PM UTC

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)

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