The Fireside

  In a rather surprising move, the US Tolkien publisher (now William Morrow) are offering their own Collector's Editions of the primary Tolkien Middle-earth books. However, they are different - and better! - than HarperCollins' (UK) variation of them! Not to speak ill of any particular publisher, though typically  the UK editions have been overall nicer - even when both publishers offer the exact same version, the UK one tends to favour better materials or production.  This has changed (a possible one-time thing) by William Morrow offering better binding, a ribbon-marker and stained edges to line of publisher-labelled 'Collector's Editions.'  The item that has the publication date the farthest away is The Lord of the Rings  Boxed Set, coming out Nov 5. Below are some photos (courtesy of Amazon (US site: .com), along with the ISBNs of the titles in this format.  The Hobbit :  9780063396203 The Lord of the Rings  (Boxed Set):  9780063421240 The...

  This post will examine (by way of speculation) some titles yet to be published in the Signature Paperback Collection by HarperCollins.  HarperCollins is in the process of reissuing a vast number of Tolkien paperbacks into a new style, 'The Tolkien Signature Collection.' So far, roughly 90% of the various paperbacks have been released into this style. There's the odd title here and there yet to come to that format.  It's up to HarperCollins to decide which titles will be arriving in this new, unifying paperback format. The ones that will be mentioned here are certainly candidates, either way of receiving new ISBNs, or by having future print runs use the new covers - if they've already been published in paperback format by HarperCollins, that is.  Letters From Father Christmas   I can picture how this could look in my head: it would feature the image above (which has adorned the front covers in shape or form of various editions over recent years) and the book's ...

  Don't they look great together?! All four History of Middle-earth Boxed Sets are now out.  For those waiting until all the boxed sets are out, this post is for you. Here are their ISBN's: ~ I:  9780008663162 ~ II:  9780008669232  ~ III:  9780008669294 ~ IV:  9780008669393 WORTHY OF NOTE Matching Hobbit + Lord of the Rings  Boxed Set:  9780008376109 Other Notable Titles: ~ The History of The Hobbit:  9780007440825 ~ The Nature of Middle-earth :  9780008387921 All of those titles above get you pretty much all the major Middle-earth related titles - with little to no duplication.