Mister Underhill wrote:
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I started out with the so-called "Hippie Edition" which was given to me by my uncle. I still have TT and RotK from that set, but Fellowship seems to have gone missing. They are yellowed with age and close to falling out of their bindings from many readings. I don't read them anymore.
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I had to read that twice. For, you see, I also started out with the
"Hippie Edition", which was given to me by my uncle - except I still have Fellowship from that set, but not TT or RotK!
I have had
this copy of
The Hobbit for as long as I can remember. I also have
The Annotated Hobbit.
I have
this Alan Lee cover edition of TT and
the Michael Herring edition of RotK, though with a black cover instead of red. I must admit that I never had a problem with the cover art, and indeed I've always pictured Aragorn more or less as he is there.
I also have the Alan Lee single volume edition at the bottom of
this page, which is what I tend to use these days.
Plus, I've got
these books on tape.
As for the Silmarillion, I have two copies of
the one at the bottom of this page, one quite close to disintegrating (hence the second copy). I've had my eye on the third one on
this page (with Nasmith's illustrations) for quite a while, but I just can't seem to justify owning three copies of the book at this point. Maybe when my original one finally turns into dust . . .
I have
the first Unfinished Tales on this page. As for HoMe, I've got II, III, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII from
the Houghton Mifflin set, I, IV, and V from
the Del Rey set, VI from a Harper Collins set I can't find a picture of, and VII from a Houghton Mifflin set with a different style that I also can't find a picture of.
I think I'd better cut myself off there instead of moving on to Roverandom, Giles, and the rest. And I haven't even mentioned my calender collection.