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Two HMCO Press Releases

25 Sep
2023/9/25 16:32:25 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Following up with LanceFormation’s post, I thought some members might enjoy press releases of the US publications of Poems and Stories from 1992 and the first One Volume PB edition of LOTR from 1999.

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25 Sep
2023/9/25 17:32:50 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Cool. I like seeing all these releases…
25 Sep (edited)
2023/9/25 17:37:51 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Win a trip to Middle-Earth

where you will be able to help us spell Middle-earth

Thanks Mr. Underhill, these are great.
25 Sep
2023/9/25 17:38:05 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Thanks for sharing! Interesting to see!
25 Sep (edited)
2023/9/25 18:19:16 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Thanks all for sharing! I love these bits of ephemera.

Did a quick peek to see what I have handy, might have more elsewhere.

1 - Review slip for US Houghton Mifflin Silmarillion, August 10 1977 (edit to add I took a picture of my photocopy not my original by accident)
2 - Publicity slip for US Houghton Mifflin Silmarillion, 1977 (edit to add I took a picture of my photocopy not my original by accident)
3 - Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún US Houghton Mifflin hardcover review slip, 2009
4 - Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún US Houghton Mifflin paperback press announcement, 2010
5 - Publicity/review slip for US Houghton Mifflin Unfinished Tales, 1980


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25 Sep
2023/9/25 19:09:14 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Wow. I love all of that ephemera! So cool to have extra context for the books.
25 Sep
2023/9/25 19:33:11 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
These are just lovely to see!

And seeing their fine state of preservation - plus the record being created in this forum - suggests that "ephemera" is a big misnomer
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