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Old 04-02-2004, 06:34 AM   #1
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Tell us about the differences in "Riddles in the Dark" chapter in your book. (please! ) I can't believe you have this copy!! How exciting! How did you come upon it? Geez, I LOVE collecting!
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Old 04-02-2004, 07:30 AM   #2
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Liriodendron,

I do have a suggestion for anyone who would like to read the Hobbit story in its original form but doesn't have the money to pay for the first edition. Just get hold of The Annotated Hobbit which was edited by Douglas Anderson. It shows both the current chapter Riddles in the Dark, and the original one.

You can find this on Amazon, and I've seen it used on e-bay for about ten dollars.

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Old 04-02-2004, 09:54 AM   #3
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I picked up a really nice quality 1st edition hardback of the Silmarillion - with JRRTs original dust cover art and a really big fold out map of Beleriand- a couple of weeks ago, from Oxfam (a charity store), for £3. Its probably not worth that much, but I couldn't believe my luck then, and still can't now.
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Old 04-02-2004, 10:45 AM   #4
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Liriodendron,

I do have a suggestion for anyone who would like to read the Hobbit story in its original form but doesn't have the money to pay for the first edition. Just get hold of The Annotated Hobbit which was edited by Douglas Anderson. It shows both the current chapter Riddles in the Dark, and the original one.

You can find this on Amazon, and I've seen it used on e-bay for about ten dollars.

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Oh! I've seen that, and have seriously considered purchasing it. The scale just tipped! Thanks
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Old 04-02-2004, 12:33 PM   #5
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My Great granddad was a Tolkien fan, he had a second edition of the hobbit, it has the old Gollum story in it, the book itself is in awful condition as my G-granddad took it everywhere with him. My Granddad paid little attention to it until I became a Tolkien fan, so it did not get too badly damaged in the years he had it. I have taken it to someone who could price it, he said that depending on who was there it could fetch around £100 (That’s $180 for all you Americans) but that is only because of the fact that the spine is quite frayed.

As I was saying, the Gollum part is much different. When you read it, you see how the new version doesn’t seem to fit to Tolkiens style in the previous chapters. I only noticed this when i read it, the newer version seems darker, and Bilbo's character is more deceitful, you don’t feel as sorry for him as you do in the old version. Any way, I will read that part again to refresh my memory at some point and post any thing that is interesting.
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Old 04-02-2004, 10:18 PM   #6
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I have an American 1st edition of The Silmarillion. At least I think it is. I remember seeing it in the university bookstore and thinking, "Oh, wow! It's a Tolkien book! I think it's time I got back into his stuff!" I first read The Hobbit & LotR when I was 14 & once more before college; I was in early 20's when I saw The Silmarillion. I am now 51 and have been reading The Hobbit & LotR ever since I saw & read the Sil--although it took me a couple of go's before I got past the 1st 60 pages . I just finished maybe my 6th re-reading (alternative audio & print versions) a couple of months ago. It's dust cover is banged up, but the pages inside are solid. At least I think they are. It's packed away for safe keeping.

Did anyone find out about the condition of the books that started this thread?
This thread certainly belongs in this topic! How lovely to be talking about such things among all you beautiful dead people out there in the light!
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Old 04-02-2004, 10:45 PM   #7
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I am not really one of those people who would like a first edition copy. I really would just enjoy a very nice copy (that is maybe kind of old), of LOTR. Right now I finally have a hardback set, after having just had a paperback movie cover one for the longest time. The ones that really interest me though are the paperbacks, they have some of the most interesting cover artwork. There is actually this one that is at my library at school, it is a 1970's something copy of ROTR, which has the most interesting interpritation of Aragorn that I have ever seen. I actually feel a greater fondness towards the paperbacks because they are the ones that I first came in contact with (1960's something paperback of FOTR at Middle School, not in the 60's though because I am only 18), but I have not yet actually gone out there and bought any.

I have heard that you can find them, but at this time they can sometimes be hard to find because of the recent popularity. But I would love to find a nice copy of the Sil though (all I have is a recent mass-market paperback).
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Old 04-03-2004, 05:58 AM   #8
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I might like a first edition copy of The Hobbit if I could find a bargain somewhere, but I am not going to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on it. I don't think I'd so much like a first edition copy of LotR. I'd also rather get more of Tolkien's other books first (the rest of HoMe, a copy of Letters, etc). A nice copy of LotR would be nice too - I got mine cheep on ebay and the edging is somewhat worn and part of the binding got chewed off by my dog.
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