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Shorty
12-21-2014, 06:38 PM
There are possibly hundreds or maybe even thousands of variations of Tolkien's books. What do yours look like?

My poor sad Fellowship of the Ring copy I got for Christmas when I was eight or nine (I do not remember which exactly) from my grandmother. It has been through many moves, has been bent in a thousand ways and suffers from water damage, but I can't bear to part with it.

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This is a 50th anniversary edition of The Hobbit I found at a thrift store. The outside cover is a bit beat up, but other than that, it's perfect. The book itself is a shiny, beautiful hardcover, and was illustrated by the author. I have no guess as to why anyone would ever discard such a thing.

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Once upon a time I had a a couple of matching sets of Lord of the Rings, but they have been long lost or given away. I've been eyeballing this set specifically (http://www.ebay.com/itm/EASTON-PRESS-J-R-R-Tolkien-LORD-OF-THE-RINGS-3-Volumes-GENUINE-LEATHER-MINT/191454822219?_trksid=p2054897.c100204.m3164&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140407115239%26meid%3D0cc69d824ecf45b19fb 36ce08c0d2926%26pid%3D100204%26prg%3D20140407115239%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D30%26sd%3D201231249718) because oh my god ;-;

Show me what your books look like!

Colonel Angus
12-21-2014, 07:01 PM
I don't have mine on hand, but I got a box set of 4 paperbacks that include the LOTR trilogy & The Hobbit. Actually found a pic of it online:

http://joshmosey.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/dsc00707-e1335409218266.jpg

Kalevala
12-21-2014, 07:08 PM
Received these lovelies for Christmas two years ago. This is the only pic I have handy. I'll get another shot of these and my older, paperback set tomorrow morning before work.

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Shorty
12-21-2014, 07:09 PM
Kale, your version of the hobbit looks just like mine only dark!

Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
12-21-2014, 11:44 PM
Dees are mine. I picked them all up from a second hand bookstore. Hoping to read them next month.

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Pike
12-21-2014, 11:46 PM
I definitely had this as a kid:

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1973 edition, passed down to me from my dad.

Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
12-21-2014, 11:51 PM
That is the same copy of my mother's that I read the first time I read the Hobbit.

Shorty
12-22-2014, 12:03 AM
Pike, I had that same version, as well as the Lord of the Rings ones!

I Took the Red Pill
12-22-2014, 02:51 AM
I only own The Fellowship, but I do love the cover design of it.

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070706183749/lotr/images/e/ed/Fellowship-cover.jpg

I'd actually already owned a copy of it before this one, but it was that extremely lame movie tie-in version with Elijah Wood's big dumb face on it. I wasn't game for that.

Bubba
12-22-2014, 03:00 PM
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They all look like this... only you now, with different titles and stuff.

Aerith's Knight
12-22-2014, 09:49 PM
I only own The Fellowship, but I do love the cover design of it.

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070706183749/lotr/images/e/ed/Fellowship-cover.jpg

I'd actually already owned a copy of it before this one, but it was that extremely lame movie tie-in version with Elijah Wood's big dumb face on it. I wasn't game for that.

I have the full set of this version. All the cover art of it is awesome.

escobert
12-22-2014, 11:30 PM
I definitely had this as a kid:

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1973 edition, passed down to me from my dad.

I still have mine! It's super beat up though :( I also have the other version like Pants does.