Yes please :)

A very impressive new batch of modern ARC !
Congratulations ! :)

A few more ARCs to post as I'm sorting through them.

The Fall of Númenor published by William Morrow



Author Illustrated Deluxe Editions published by William Morrow





Easton Press ARCs: BoLT 1&2, Unfinished Tales, & Nature of Middle-earth

I don't think I realized advanced review copies would even exist for things like the Author Illustrated editions. Very interesting to see. Did they change anything about the text in those or would it just have been to check that the illustrations went on the correct pages?

Everyone has their own taste, but I really wish that all the Easton Press designs were in the style of NoMe, which feels very clean and classic to me. Many of their designs feel somewhat cartoonish (e.g. Comic Sans-like font) to me, which feels out of place with the quality of their binding.

Tuor son of Huor wrote:

I don't think I realized advanced review copies would even exist for things like the Author Illustrated editions. Very interesting to see. Did they change anything about the text in those or would it just have been to check that the illustrations went on the correct pages?

For editions like the author illustrated volumes, these Advance Reading Copies really should be called Advance Press/Publicity Copies. These are mostly sent out to brick and mortar book shops to drum up interest in upcoming releases or as a thank you to VIPs. I believe the Easton Press volumes serve the same function as well.

I've got other new additions to the collection under The Hill and will get a some additional photos together in the coming weeks. I've got an article I'm in the final stages of finishing as well that some might be interested in...all the while gearing up for my student's mid-terms.

I have managed to get all forty signature paperbacks...patience and a bit of luck helped me to avoid getting any of the old covers. Nice to see them all together.

Congrats for assembling this collection, not easy when you order them online and want to avoid the old covers.

Great looking collection!

Those do look pretty spectacular all together!

Some additions to the collection under The Hill over the past six months or so. I do have a few more to show off and will get to them in the coming days and weeks.

Ballantine Silmarillion Bookmark

Promotional ephemera bookmark used to promote the release of the Ballantine mass market paperback Silmarillion in 1979

Michael Hague Hobbit

First thus trade paperback of the Michael Hague illustrated edition. The third printing is the first in this particular case. Have been kind of keeping an eye on one to appear and had to wait several months.

Essays and Studies 1929

Thanks to Éarendel for sending me his file of the 1929 Essays and Studies dust jacket. I took a stab at printing my own and think it turned out well.

Lord of the Rings One Volumes

I have added to my Paulene Baynes cover one volume LOTR, both hardback and paperback and now have most if not all of the states.

Top Row, Left to Right, UK Hardbacks 1st-5th States with board variants

Top Row, Left to Right, UK Paperbacks 1st-5th States with price variants. Bottom Row, Left to Right, the only two Canadian States

Grafton Hobbit

Was able to find the very scarce paperback Grafton Hobbit with Ted Nasmith cover art. Pictured here with the UK Hyman and Canadian variants.

Fellowship of the Ring

Was able to get my hands on a 7th printing US FoTR with the light blue cloth, very handsome volume. I'm only three printings away from having all the US first edition LoTR. If anyone has a FoTR 10th or 11th printing and or a RoTK 7th printing they are willing to part with, let me know.

The Two Towers

Was also able to pick up a 5th printing US TT and had an extra dust jacket laying around to pair with it. I'm only three printings away from having all the US first edition LoTR. If anyone has a FoTR 10th or 11th printing and or a RoTK 7th printing they are willing to part with, let me know.

Two Roger Garland Prints

Just yesterday, two limited/numbered/signed prints from Roger Garland arrived. The Last Voyage of Boromir is number 52 and Gollum is number 215.

Adventures of Tom Bombadil

A first UK edition of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil that belonged to Tolkien's second son Michael with his name pasted to the ffep.

Domestic Silmarillion

A first Billings Silmarillion with a loosely inserted, signed by Christopher Tolkien bookplate. These were possibly made for a launch event in the summer of 1977. Very few of these known to exist.

1955 HMCO Hobbit

A 1955 7th Printing, second state Hobbit with rust brown boards. Was missing the dust jacket so I printed a facsimile for it, thanks to The late Stu for help with that. Very scarce, I only know of a handful of copies that exist. Pictured here with the 1955 7th printing first (khaki) state and the 1956 8th printing rust brown Hobbit.