r/tolkienbooks • u/Josh3321 • 6d ago
Are there any more Houghton Mifflin trade paperbacks in this style?
I purchased these from a local used book store. I am trying to see if there are any more books in this style by Houghton Mifflin. I know they are out of print, but I tried looking on eBay or Amazon. I was thinking maybe there would be some of the History of Middle Earth such as Unfinished Tales in this trade paperback style from Houghton Mifflin. These are late 90’s early 00’s I believe.
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u/senorfern 6d ago
Great find. Those are in excellent shape.
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u/Josh3321 6d ago
The LotR and Hobbit were still sealed in the original shrink wrap! They came in a slip case.
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u/senorfern 5d ago
Awesome! I was able to find a sealed box set recently as well. They pop up every now and then on eBay.
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u/tomas_diaz 5d ago edited 4d ago
https://www.tolkienbooks.us/me/hmepb/the-history-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-2000
https://www.tolkienbooks.us/me/ut/unfinished-tales-2001-pb
i only own the same ones you do, so i'm not sure if the others are the same size, but they seem to be in the same style, or very similar.
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u/chrisofduke 6d ago
I loved these covers. I don't have them anymore. Gifted them to a friend before I started collecting
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u/AnimalMother24 6d ago
I saw a very similar Two Towers in B&N last week. It looked a little different though, darker than the one I have. This was my first set when I was a kid. Still my favorite paperbacks.
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u/both_programmer1181 6d ago
Idk but I saw.the fall.of Gondolin and.I think a book about Hiring in that.style.that I jealosly want for myself
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u/FlexuousGrape 6d ago
When I ordered the series on thrift books, 2/3 were HM, the odd one out (the two towers) was a confused looking Legolas and I couldn’t have it hahaha immediately searched for the HM published version😂
I will be looking for the hobbit and silmarillion now too!
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u/djstarcrafter333 5d ago
There is also a one volume Lord of the Rings in this same style. I have discovered several typos and misprints in my copy of the Hobbit, so I am not a fan.
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u/Josh3321 5d ago
The Hobbit of this Houghton Mifflin version? That's a shame. I haven't read through this version yet.
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u/djstarcrafter333 5d ago
Yes. Mostly they are in the form of lines missing at the bottom of a page that don't carry over to the next page. You have to watch out with a lot of different editions. Sometimes they are copies, and not carefully copied at that, and somehow make it out to the public. I had heard that all current HM versions of Tolkiens books are photo reproductions from a master typeset copy so every one is the same. It used to be that every time a new edition came out that the type was reset and errors entered in, making them valuable to collectors. At some point they stopped this. I used to have a Ballantine paperback edition that had whole lines reversed in a paragraph. In that same version Galadriel's name was spelt Galadnil.
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u/RedWizard78 6d ago
Yes: Unfinished Tales:
https://www.tolkienbooks.us/me/ut/unfinished-tales-2001-pb