Reddit reviews The Hobbit Collector's Edition

Interestingly enough, Amazon has had some passed down to them as well and they're selling them for 40 bucks. Goddamn OP, why you had to lie to us?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-Collectors-Edition-Tolkien/dp/B00DZWPRLC/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1397655493&sr=8-14&keywords=Hobbit+hardcover

Found a used copy of the LOTR volume sold through Barnes & Noble for close to 50 bucks:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/lord-of-the-rings-j-r-r-tolkien/1100188646/2662055498775?st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Marketplace+Good+Used+Books+-+Desktop+Low&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=CjwKCAjw1f_pBRAEEiwApp0JKD5m5TIQV0j5oIeUCx_k3CO5SWGbu2TovY23WCXocj8ing2zYFsWRRoClWoQAvD_BwE

And this Hobbit edition does appear to be available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Collectors-J-R-Tolkien/dp/B00DZWPRLC

This specific version of The Hobbit was published in 1966, and the collector's edition of LOTR was published from 1972-1974 if that helps your search. They don't seem to be too hard to come by, but buying a completely non-used one may be a bit pricey.

There's a certain version of The Hobbit that contains beautiful illustrations done by Tolkien himself, but I can't remember what edition it was.

EDIT - It's the 1966 collector's edition here.

This one

I have the facsimile gift edition and this one both are beautiful books

My wife and I own 4 or 5 copies of The Hobbit, ranging from a mass-market paperback, well read and waterstained, to a hardcover collected edition which I believe has gilt pages. She made origami flowers for her wedding bouquet with pages from a cheap copy of The Hobbit, so we have a copy missing two or three dozen pages. We only acquired THAT copy of the Hobbit because the first time she sent me out for a copy, I brought back a paperback copy from the early 70s that I found in a used bookstore that she couldn't bear to cut up after I "rescued" it.

TL, DR: You can never own too many copies of The Hobbit.