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Lalwendë · 08-21-2004, 10:59 AM

I was thinking of this topic as a thread the other day!

My favourite copy is
this edition (this particular link isn't mine to sell, by the way!). I think this is the 1981 edition. This was the set which belonged to my brother and were the ones I first read (and immediately re-read). They are very battered, having had two owners, but I wouldn't part with them (I never give away books anyway). I have the edition of The Hobbit to match this, and a very old Silmarillion and UT. I also have the slightly later boxed 1986 paperback edition (Roger Garland high-fantasy type covers), which I was given to prevent me damaging my brother's copy; these are the ones I use most, and are now well on their way to becoming battered themselves.

I do want the Alan Lee edition, as somebody I know bought it the other week and I was most covetous. Perhaps I may ask for it for my birthday presentses. I would also like a one volume paperback, purely for use when I'm debating points from the text (but I would like the one with Gandalf on the cover).

Talking of being covetous, I had a discussion about books with someone I was working with a couple of months ago, and it turned out that she owned the first editions. She was shocked when I told her what they would be worth.

08-21-2004, 10:59 AM	#2
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I was thinking of this topic as a thread the other day! My favourite copy is this edition (this particular link isn't mine to sell, by the way!). I think this is the 1981 edition. This was the set which belonged to my brother and were the ones I first read (and immediately re-read). They are very battered, having had two owners, but I wouldn't part with them (I never give away books anyway). I have the edition of The Hobbit to match this, and a very old Silmarillion and UT. I also have the slightly later boxed 1986 paperback edition (Roger Garland high-fantasy type covers), which I was given to prevent me damaging my brother's copy; these are the ones I use most, and are now well on their way to becoming battered themselves. I do want the Alan Lee edition, as somebody I know bought it the other week and I was most covetous. Perhaps I may ask for it for my birthday presentses. I would also like a one volume paperback, purely for use when I'm debating points from the text (but I would like the one with Gandalf on the cover). Talking of being covetous, I had a discussion about books with someone I was working with a couple of months ago, and it turned out that she owned the first editions. She was shocked when I told her what they would be worth.