The William Morrow volume side by side with the HarperCollins volume from last year.
Images courtesy of LanceFormation
Images courtesy of LanceFormation
I received my US (William Morrow) copy of the deluxe edition yesterday as well. As far as I can tell, the page blocks are identical to the UK 1st printing that I have - I checked the handful of errata for the UK edition that I am aware of and were reported to HC, and they are all the same in the US deluxe edition.
However, the map (both the folded Map of The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age and the reproduction of that map on the shipping box) has had the "Helm's D" corrected to "Helm's Deep".
Also, the marketing sheet that comes with the book (loose but shrink wrapped to to the rear of the slipcase) has the obvious changes (website address and ISBN/barcode) but also the US sheet has "deluxe" while the UK has "de luxe" with the space. For whatever reason, the US edition maintains the UK spelling of colour/colours.
Shown here is the US box (top) and the UK box (bottom)
However, the map (both the folded Map of The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age and the reproduction of that map on the shipping box) has had the "Helm's D" corrected to "Helm's Deep".
Also, the marketing sheet that comes with the book (loose but shrink wrapped to to the rear of the slipcase) has the obvious changes (website address and ISBN/barcode) but also the US sheet has "deluxe" while the UK has "de luxe" with the space. For whatever reason, the US edition maintains the UK spelling of colour/colours.
Shown here is the US box (top) and the UK box (bottom)
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