On the rebound!

Thanks for posting! Yeah I wouldn’t touch these… personally either.

In addition to what you just said, the quality seems awful and it’s literally just bound from whatever they bought or is on the market these days…. Sometimes even plain paperbacks (nothing wrong with paperbacks ofc, but as a collectible item a random 98th printing of a new harper collin/william morrow edition rebound in cheap “leather”, I’d posit that folks’ hard earned cash might be better spent elsewhere 🤷‍♂️

Even if it was a dragon…..that’s not typical imagery associated with LotR. The Hobbit, yes - but not LotR.

True. Maybe some kind of 'fell beast' with a driver's licence!

Standard generic Indian rebind.