€65 through Amazon Belgium: https://www.amazon.com.be/J-R-Tolkien/ ... 8663165%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1

Thanks! Pre-ordered hehe

Trotter wrote:

I have ordered from Amazon at £64.77, which is cheaper than the 40% HC sales that crop up, as Amazon include free postage to the UK.

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The History of Middle-earth: Boxset 1 (S,UT,BoLT1&2) HC (UK)

HarperCollins (2023-12-07)

£100.00 HarperCollins (Other Format) - Availability: Click to check

$91.47 Blackwell's (hardback) - Availability: Usually dispatched within 7 days

$103.46 Biblio (Multiple-component retail product, part(s) enclosed) - Availability: Click to check

$101.92 Amazon.com (Hardcover) - Availability: Now

£57.80 Amazon.co.uk (Hardcover) - Availability: Now

€86.15 Amazon.de (Gebundene Ausgabe) - Availability: Now

£80.95 AbeBooks - Availability: Click to check

Thanks Trotter ! Just ordered.

It's now available through Blackwells

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/prod ... 663162&a_aid=tolkienguide

Thank you! Great price.

Edit: response to Éarendel

Listed, Not available yet, so no price. The amazon even with shipping to the US was not bad. I wonder how Blackwell's will compare.

I guess no one has any idea if the U.S. release will happen around the same time as the U.K. release? I am hoping it's not a one-year delay as happened with the Illustrated-by-the-Author Deluxe Editions.

Tuor son of Huor wrote:

I guess no one has any idea if the U.S. release will happen around the same time as the U.K. release? I am hoping it's not a one-year delay as happened with the Illustrated-by-the-Author Deluxe Editions.

We've been told it will be just a bit longer than the UK - they were printed at the same time, but have to ship (literally, slow boats) to the USA and get to warehouses. Maybe end of year or early 2024?

The Deluxe editions were intentionally done a year later. If I had to guess, because the print runs were so large - they did the UK editions first and then (again, using the same printer) the US copies after a delay, plus shipping time again.

And it's now up on AwesomeBooks for pre-order for £64, with £3 shipping to the US. I've just pre-ordered from them. They've become my go-to for HarperCollins UK releases shipped to the US for the last several Tolkiens, and all have arrived undamaged. Can't wait for all 4 of these sets to come out.
https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9780008663162/the-history-of-middle-earth