Super Deluxe COH announced

[davem]

Originally Posted by Sauron the White

davem .. yes I will appreciate the fact that the Naismith paintings are twice or or more from the book... and that is a good thing.
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Yes, but fans like to collect - I have half a dozen editions of LotR (the HM & HC 50th anniversary deluxe eds, the HC 3 vol 50th anniversary text hardbacks, the Alan Lee illustrated HB, my original 3 vol PB A&U slipcased edition from '76 & a 1966 A&U first edition text 3 volume HB set) & Lal owns more (mostly PB editions which she likes to collect). I don't considemyself to have been 'ripped off' - in fact, I'll probably buy more, if I find any I like. Same with TH & The Sil. We've got the standard & de-luxe CoH, plus the audio book, & I'll probably buy the PB too next year. We've also got both the Naismith illustrated Sil's - the original with 24 plates & the subsequent edition with the extra 20 odd paintings. And we'll also get the calendar, purely because we like Tolkien stuff. It would have been nice to have some new paintings, but I'm not getting het up about it.

(btw, we own 3 complete sets of HoM-e - 2 paperback sets, one upstairs, one down, & my slipcased 3 volume HB set).