The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again Collector's Edition (Hardcover) $8.50

ALL ORDERS CANCELLED. NO LONGER AVAILABLE.





So there are a lot of confusions over the quality of this edition, reviews on Amazon, etc. This is the unabridged version.

Instructions to read Amazon reviews for this edition only:

1) Click on "See all 2,630 customer reviews (newest first)"
2) In the search box that says "Search Customer Reviews" type in either "leather" or type in "collector's edition". Look for the reviews with the green cover.

This is NOT the 70th anniversary edition: http://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-...nniversary


Description of this edition:

Quote : 1973 Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston, 1973. Forest green simulated leather boards with red and gold gilt runic inscription around the periphery in front and a stylized road-going-into-forest-in-front-of-mountains illustration in gold gilt a little above center. Matching slipcase in simulated leather with the same cover illustration on a paste-down in green, black, and yellow. Printed on heavy paper. All original illustrations from HM1938 restored, including color plates. Black-and-white illustrations printed as black-and-green, maps in black and green, and each page neatline is in green. 18 x 23.5 cm, 317 numbered pages. Source: http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/boo...itions.htm

Amazon review:

Quote : The Collector's Edition is boxed in green leather-like material, with a title nicely displayed on the front, while gold and red runes and English text stamp out the title on the boxes' spine. The book itself is also bound in the same green leather-ette, and the gold and red stamp are present here as well. Please note that the material is not leather, rather a good imitation of it. The paper is thick, with the text being printed in black with green accents. The text itself is large, easy to read and goes on for 320 pages. I did not notice any imperfection, missing paragraphs or pages or chapters. There are five full color illustrations by J.R.R. himself and a good number of two colored drawings. You will also find Thror's Map as drawn by the author. Source: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1DH..._rtr_alt_2.

Another Amazon review from a book collector: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3QX...rtr_alt_24

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