I clicked on this thread just out of selfish hope that I might actually have heard of whatever it was, and lucky me! I have. I actually own one. I write a lot of poetry, so I use it to copy the final drafts into.
Alrighty: here's some more information if you want it. If not, feel free to completely ignore me. On my version:
Front cover:
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"A Hobbit's Journal: Being a blank book with some curious illustrations of friends & foes of the Nine Companions From the Collection of Sam Gamgee".
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Also on the cover is a picture of some of the Fellowship crossing a narrow stone bridge.
Back cover:
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"What has become of the Firstborn?
What has become of the King?
What has become of the seats of banquet?
Where are the joys of the hall?
O for the bright cup!
O for the White Towers!
O for the glory of the Prince!
How that time has passed away
And grown dark under cover of night
As if it never had been...
~ Lay of the Passing Ages".
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Also on the back is a picture of two golden goblets and some falling leaves.
On the page with the copyright, it's got the little ditty:
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Wayfarer
Ringbearer
Stranger or Friend
Rest here a while
And take up your pen"
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The copyright itself:
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Copyright 1979 by Running Press. All rights reserved under the Pan-American and Innternational Copyright Conventions. Printed in the U.S.A. Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 79-20203. ISBN 0-89471-090-7 paperback. This book may be ordered directly from the publisher... (yadda yadda yadda, boring legal stuff)... The illustrations in this journal are the original work of Michael Green, inspired by the immortal charaters of J.R.R. Tolkien-- and by the ancient traditions from which he drew inspirations. They were created independently from the publisher of Tolkien's works.
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And yes, there is a picture of Arwen with a unicorn. There are a really lot of cool pictures. Some are just like my interpretation, but others... aren't.
Examples:
The Rangers of Ithilien are awsome. They look almost ninja-y, but not. They've got recurved bows, arm-guards... They're perched behind some bushes. However... Faramir... in as few words as possible: Robin Hood gone very wrong.
Hope this helps.
Fea