Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100223 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Leather Bound
• 1152 pages

Synopsis
A luxury edition of the world's most collectable book, printed on Bible paper, bound in cloth and leather, and set in a cloth-bound slipcase. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Fifty million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This deluxe edition contains the complete text of the revised Second Edition, first published in 1994. Bound in black leather and cloth and protected in its own cloth-bound slipcase, the book is printed on fine India paper, making it much slimmer than its standard hardback counterpart. The book includes Christopher Tolkien's two-colour maps of Middle-earth and Gondor as endpapers and is limited to a print run of just 1,000 copies. No serious Tolkien enthusiast will want to miss this opportunity to own the definitive text of the twentieth century's greatest book in this sumptuous deluxe edition.

Customer Reviews

worth every penny, but ...
I first purchased the HC's deluxe edition of The Hobbit (a truely magnificent edition), and I just received the deluxe edition of LOTR from amazon.co.uk. These 2 books don't quite match. The LOTR edition is slightly larger, is not quarter- but more like 3/16th-bound in leather, and the text is printed on fine india paper, as opposed to the rich paper used for The Hobbit. Furthermore, The Hobbit deluxe edition also contains original colour drawings. The LOTR edition does not, and is actually quite bare.

Don't get me wrong, it's still a beautiful book. I'm just slightly disappointed that it's not as magnificent as the deluxe edition of The Hobbit.

A beautiful book but it has some flaws.
Simply wonderful; but it has some structural flaws. The slip case is very tight holding the book, which is good but the rough cloth on the inside of the case may scratch up the leather half of the cover in time. The leather half is well bound and confortable to touch and hold. The cloth half has some quality faults in the edge's, the edge stitching is loose and in time may fray badly. It would have been nice if Harper Collins had numbered each copy due to the fact that there were only 1,000 copies produced, but you can't have everything =).

Other than that there are no other problems, and this copy of LOTR met my every expectation.

A beautiful Paradox!
This superb print of the book is a paradox. It's beautifully bound, with bible-like pages, very very thin, and gold-leaf edging. As a collector's item, a work to cherish and keep, it is perfect. The problem is, do you actually read (and probably spoil) the book? Obviously the most joy you get from the Lord of the Rings is from reading it, and personally that's something I'll never do with this edition. I am just happy to own it.
So, do not buy this to read,as you will be too concerned about damaging it as you peel each page open. Instead buy the excellent hardback illustrated edition (lovely paper and a sturdy book). Buy this lovely edtion to keep, as it is truely the ultimate edition of the best of literature.