Hello all, I recently bought myself a new Lord of the Rings that I've been coveting for a while, and thought it might be fun to shoot the breeze with other people about their favorite editions, out of the many many available in the wake of the movies. The one I picked up is the rather old-fashioned-looking one in faux red leather, with foil-stamped designs on the cover based on Tolkien's own designs (I believe). Inside, the paper is heavy, smooth and creamy, and has chapter headings printed in red ink, which contributes to the classic feel. And bound into the back is a large map of Middle Earth with place-names printed in red. I love it!
That said, though, I still feel a lot of affection for the first edition of LotR I ever read when I was a kid -- the three paperbacks from the '80s in blue, green and red, with cover illustrations by Darrell Sweet. For a long time, this was what I thought LotR was "supposed to" look like.
So -- anyone got any old or new favorite editions they'd like to talk about?
EDIT: For extra food for thought, I found this website featuring out-of-print editions: http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop-lotr.html
That said, though, I still feel a lot of affection for the first edition of LotR I ever read when I was a kid -- the three paperbacks from the '80s in blue, green and red, with cover illustrations by Darrell Sweet. For a long time, this was what I thought LotR was "supposed to" look like.
So -- anyone got any old or new favorite editions they'd like to talk about?
EDIT: For extra food for thought, I found this website featuring out-of-print editions: http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop-lotr.html