I thought about acquiring a copy of Roverandom Thornton edition as well, but the current pricing demanded by the secondary market sellers discourage me from ever acquiring one.
I sincerely envy your acquisition of the Roverandom directly from the renowned Mr. Ian Barnes!
I am put off with the current pricing on Thornton Edition Silmarillion as well. The rebinding is done in Morocco (?) using the simplest of the technique with no single inlays. The rebound work of Roverandom fits the book perfectly, but Silmarillion, I have to say it was a lapse in design issue (and cost) on Thornton's part.
I sincerely envy your acquisition of the Roverandom directly from the renowned Mr. Ian Barnes!
I am put off with the current pricing on Thornton Edition Silmarillion as well. The rebinding is done in Morocco (?) using the simplest of the technique with no single inlays. The rebound work of Roverandom fits the book perfectly, but Silmarillion, I have to say it was a lapse in design issue (and cost) on Thornton's part.
I never asked the Temple Bindery (Ian Barnes) to bind 25 copies of the Silmarillion. Only 25 copies of Roverandom when the bookshop was still in Broad street. Tolkien of course used to visit the bookshop and I remember him when I worked for Parker's bookshop, also in he Broad in the mid 1960s. I wonder who owns such a Silmarillion edition. The bindery told me today that they only bound up 3 or 4 copies for various customers. Wim Meeuws, Thornton's Bookshop/Faringdon
However: the printers have promised that my new edition of Rayner Unwin's "the making of the Lord of the Rings" will be delivered this week. All 12 specials, numbered I to XII have been sold already. I add the front cover, the Hobbits in Broad street poster issued in 1992
Wim,
Did Thornton's also ask for a rebound Hobbit to be produced, from the Temple Bindery, and if so how many copies?
Did Thornton's also ask for a rebound Hobbit to be produced, from the Temple Bindery, and if so how many copies?