[davem]

Originally Posted by Sauron the White

for those with fat wallets

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/...per_Deluxe.php

300 british pounds is what --- 600 us dollars? Sounds pretty pricey. Very glad I got a signed one by Christopher from the New York debut months ago for far far less than that.

Harper Collins pretty much determine the price for their books by thinking of a number, doubling it, & then adding a couple of noughts. The next step is to find the cheapest materials available for the venture & then hold out big sacks for the money. I can't help feeling that if anyone wants a really nice edition of CoH they should buy a copy of the 'standard' deluxe edition & get a decent bookbinder to re-bind it to their specifications.

If you check their website you'll find they're offering The JRR Tolkien De luxe Edition Collection for £200 (Hobbit, LotR, CoH, The Sil) http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/books....aspx?id=40805.