15 Dec, 2019
2019-12-15 9:54:30 PM UTC
Just spotted 3 volumes on Amazon Uk for pre-sale, illustrated by Alan Lee.
The Fellowship of the Ring at 464 pages and 19 illustrations.
The Two Towers at 400 pages and 16 illustrations.
The Return of the King at 496 pages and 15 illustrations.
I assume they will be the 50 illustrations included in the Houghton Mifflin edition but the page count seems high at 1360 for the 3 volumes.
15 Dec, 2019
2019-12-15 10:35:05 PM UTC
onthetrail wrote:
Just spotted 3 volumes on Amazon Uk for pre-sale, illustrated by Alan Lee.
The Fellowship of the Ring at 464 pages and 19 illustrations.
The Two Towers at 400 pages and 16 illustrations.
The Return of the King at 496 pages and 15 illustrations.
I assume they will be the 50 illustrations included in the Houghton Mifflin edition but the page count seems high at 1360 for the 3 volumes.
This is the usual number of illustrations for each volume. Not sure about comparative page count without looking, but I can't imagine there will be any textual difference.
Edit: Page count does seem high. Given the text is all digital these days, perhaps they have changed the font size or otherwise mucked about with the dimensions (maybe made it Octavo rather than the inconvenient oversized format?).
15 Dec, 2019
2019-12-15 10:46:15 PM UTC
Stu wrote:
Not sure about comparative page count without looking, but I can't imagine there will be any textual difference.
Edit: Page count does seem high. Given the text is all digital these days, perhaps they have changed the font size or otherwise mucked about with the dimensions (maybe made it Octavo rather than the inconvenient oversized format?).
I was typing a reply about pagination and how that would screw it up, but of course if these page numbers are correct these new 2020 volumes will also mess with pagination from Hammond/Sculls reset text so I am at a loss.
16 Dec, 2019
2019-12-16 1:00:41 PM UTC
16 Dec, 2019
2019-12-16 1:20:10 PM UTC
Sweet! They're bringing back the 3-book illustrated edition. Why HC has had it out of print is beyond me - it's always been readily available from HMH (one of those "mirrored editions" I mention from time to time).
Interesting to finally see a 4 book illustrated set. (Though it would have been nice if The Silmarillion was in there to....)
16 Dec, 2019
2019-12-16 1:42:20 PM UTC
It is the page numbers I am most interested in knowing more about at the moment. If these are simply reprints then I am not interested but the 4 volumes listed separately add up to 1712 pages which is clearly far more than previous editions.
16 Dec, 2019
2019-12-16 2:26:35 PM UTC
It could just a 'placeholder' figure. I've noticed HC/Amazon does that often - especially if the books are re-publications of an earlier edition.
6 Feb, 2020
2020-2-6 10:14:44 PM UTC
6 Feb, 2020
2020-2-6 10:21:03 PM UTC
The
Fellowship front cover is sporting that classic scene of the ghost boats of the Fellowship. That can't be a final cover.
6 Feb, 2020
2020-2-6 10:23:51 PM UTC
Interesting typeface (and one that I'm not sure feels especially suitable). Presumably to differentiate the Amazon Middle-earth from the Jackson Middle-earth.
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