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Gorothlammothiel · 03-24-2002, 06:12 PM

I live in the UK (home of Tolkien) and have 4 different sets of LOTR......

..I have two box sets:

one has cover illustrations by Geoff Taylor with green, blue and red spines for the three books

The other has the desgins by Tolkien himself and comes in a green leather-effect box/case

I have a three-in-one hardback edition illustrated by Alan Lee and it has paintings throughout (it's huge)

I also have an older set which have simple but beautiful cover designs by an unknown artist (I found this set in a charity shop for 75p each, not sure what that is in dollars around $1? Which I thought was brilliant!)

As for the film versions, I am going to buy the three book set from the movie which when you put the three together the spines show the entire fellowship walking together, how novel.....

....I love collecting all the different editions and i'm glad that others do the same....

03-24-2002, 06:12 PM	#16
Gorothlammothiel Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sitting in front of my preferred world.... Posts: 254	I live in the UK (home of Tolkien) and have 4 different sets of LOTR...... ..I have two box sets: one has cover illustrations by Geoff Taylor with green, blue and red spines for the three books The other has the desgins by Tolkien himself and comes in a green leather-effect box/case I have a three-in-one hardback edition illustrated by Alan Lee and it has paintings throughout (it's huge) I also have an older set which have simple but beautiful cover designs by an unknown artist (I found this set in a charity shop for 75p each, not sure what that is in dollars around $1? Which I thought was brilliant!) As for the film versions, I am going to buy the three book set from the movie which when you put the three together the spines show the entire fellowship walking together, how novel..... ....I love collecting all the different editions and i'm glad that others do the same....