Does anyone know if the illustrated deluxe editions of Unfinished Tales and The Complete Guide to Middle-earth got reprinted after their initial print runs? (Much like how The Silmarillion did).
* Illustrated by the Author Deluxe Editions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/28789UMQM581O?ref\_=wl\_share
* illustrated by the author (standard) / Special Editions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/FA9V547WXWOR?ref\_=wl\_share
* Collector’s Editions (unjacketed) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/QMS4CAS5PS5N?ref\_=wl\_share
* Signature Paperbacks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/8J9AAU6KRBHP?ref\_=wl\_share
* Deluxe Editions (classic style) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1DR94U983PJDG?ref\_=wl\_share
* current hardback collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2MBAYKELMBFY9?ref\_=wl\_share
* Illustrated Deluxe Editions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1VN6COUMF1HQM?ref\_=wl\_share
* ‘odds ‘n’ sodds: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/23WN7Q47DKJCI?ref\_=wl\_share
Hope that helps!
There’s no ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’ edition, really…..it comes down to ‘what’s right for you???’
Many here may go ‘so?’ but I wanted to do something fun:
which of these do you think is my next Tolkien book purchase? Once it arrives, I’ll do a post.
One thing I noticed, is on the inside game for HarperCollins hardback editions of those three titles in my post, is that they often show thumbnails of the other two.
Going on that, would you welcome (or be indifferent) if a nixed set of of those three were to be published? It would essentially be the current editions in a box. Perhaps Tales From the Perilous Realm could finally have a sewn binding, and be given a ribbon-marker.
Lastly, speaking of nixed sets: I think a ‘normal- sized’ edition of The Tolkien Treasury nixed set (possibly adding in Tree & Leaf) would be cool to see.
ISBN: 9780008843076
Date: 24 Sept. 2026
MSRP: £25
Trimsize: 17.6 x 2.1 x 22.6 cm
“Landmark new edition featuring a wealth of charming illustrations from Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomins, published in English for the first time.
Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug’s left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance!
Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Although quite reluctant to take part in this quest, Bilbo surprises even himself.”
Nice little short w/ Sopranos alums (PS Blue Bloods had lots of alums in it too)
I remember a few months ago, someone here was on the hunt for tunic border Tolkien illustrated editions. ( U/themerryloser was that you….?)
Here’s a chance!
I would r call myself a ‘Nolan fan’ - but most of his movies, I’ve enjoyed. I also r joy that he’s pioneering IMAX (and PLFs, to a lesser degree).
Initially, I was looking forward to The Odyssey.
* fantasy-style epic
* IMAX
* cinematography
* some actors I like
But after that most recent trailer…..I’m not so sure. I’m not one to nit-pick types of armour
, how a cyclops eye should look, etc….but the American (not even English??) accents and ‘dad’ instead of ‘father’ left me feeling odd. (When ‘daddy’ gets used, I get that. Like ‘your daddy’s not coming home….boy.’
Not to mention - the horse. The one in Troy LOOKS like it was slapped together using boats, vs the one in Odyssey that looks like it took months to carve.
Anyone else a bit more on the fence, after initially being excited??