Beautiful edition, but could've been even better

books:

	• The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition) J.R.R. Tolkien Houghton Mifflin, 2004 - 1184 pages average customer review:based on 171 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

AWESOME!!!!!

This has to be the most beautiful book I have ever seen!!! Get it if you are at all a fan of LOTR

Almost there...

Most of the people who are going to buy this book are LOTR fanatics and collectors Is the book good value or is it collectable. Well...Yes. It is probably the nicest single volume set of The Lord of the Rings I have come across and that includes the India paper single volumes.
The package is complete with embossed gilt eye and rings of Sauron, full leather gold gilt page block, silk page marker. Full maps. section sewn.
The text font is very clear and legible unlike many other editions and you could use this book to read the whole saga. Though my personal preference is the Allen and Unwin editions particularly the 2nd edition.
Very nice presentation and considering you would pay almost the same price for the "ordinary" hardcover volume represents good value. Consider how much you pay for the folio society set.
Still I await the ultimate three volume set....maybe the 100th Anniversary edition.

for more information click here

Beautiful

If you consider yourself a fan of J.R.R Tolkien in any way, this Edition is as wonderful as it gets. There is no finer book in my collection, from cover to leaf to print. The corrections improve the content as well, so from any angle this revised edition is a cornerstone in the world of Tolkien. I can't say enough about it.

Beautiful edition, but could've been even better

There's no point in reviewing the novel itself, so I'll only talk about the 50th anniversary edition in particular. It is without question amazing in quality, from the leather binding to the golden gilded pages and even the slipcase. Unfortunately there are a few flaws, one of them glaring, that I need to subtract a star for.

First and foremost, the fold-out maps enclosed in the front and back covers, while nicely constructed on parchment-like paper, are glued to hold them in place when first shipped. I carefully managed to remove all of the glue in the map behind the front cover, but I was not so successful with the back cover's map, resulting in a bit of a tear. Considering this is a collector's copy, I consider this fairly unforgivable, not to mention completely unnecessary.

Also, the spine seems a bit thin, as a few other reviewers also noticed. As for the pages themselves, I was mostly pleased, fearing they would indeed be transparent-thin as one reviewer claimed. All in all, this is a book that would stand up to a few readings, which is all it should be subjected to considering most of us will have other copies for casual reading.

As I stated before, this is a beautiful edition of the (single, 6-part) novel, and the best edition I've ever seen, though I've never had the pleasure of owning the British, Harper Collins edition. Certainly well worth the price, though, frankly I would've preferred an even better, more expensive edition.

for more information click here

Too weak cover for a BIG thing

The book is great, no need to discuss that. And the edition is very very fine, one can definitely get superior aesthetic pleasure reading it. It would be five stars.

But the cover is too weak. After finishing reading first two parts ("first volume") of the LOTR, I found that the inside bend of the face cover started tearing apart (some two inches). So, definitely, the book is intended for very careful, not everyday, reading. This is amiss.

reviews: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, page 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

hot

not?

What's your opinion?

Write a review and share your thoughts!

recommendations

Great Books I have read (or have listened to on CD)
The best children's fantasy novels
Best Adolescent Lit. Books
SmartKids - Ages 9-12
Novel Philosophae

search for books
lord of the, 50th, anniversary, edition, lord, rings

Impressum / about us