(Part 2) Top products from r/tolkienbooks

• I think this is what i'm looking for:
  
  http://tolkienbooks.net/php/details2.php?id=194
  
  Basically, should be like this:
  
  https://youtu.be/8ybkMXsxTpQ
  
  But, if i pick the ISBN captured from this video: 9780395873465, and put it on tolkienboos.net, i found nothing. Btw this is HmH.
  
  The HarperCollins looks the same?
  
  
• As i can see, there are edition from 2000/2001, but they're impressions and have not the green cloth of the video.
  
  http://tolkienbooks.net/php/details2.php?id=209
  
  Here in fact i read:
  Two impressions were issued, both similar:
  
  1st Impression 2000
  2nd Impression 2001
  
  This edition appears similar to the 1997 HarperCollins Illustrated Edition at first glance, but can be identified by the fact that it has an illustrated paper-covered binding rather than the green cloth binding used by HarperCollins.
  
  Any chance to take a look at this 'illustrated paper-covered binding'?
  
  
• Btw, i'm looking for ISBN 9780261103306 by HarperCollins. It seems, at least.
  
  Here it is on Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/Hobbit-J-R-Tolkien/dp/026110330X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526231039&sr=8-1&keywords=9780261103306
  
  There is this other too: https://www.amazon.it/Hobbit-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0395873460/ref=sr_1_14?s=english-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526231128&sr=1-14&keywords=the+hobbit+alan+lee
  
  It's HmH and has 289 pages instead of 304 as the first. (In this one, ISBN is not the same as the video i was talking about, i don't know...)
  
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  EDIT:
  
  As i can see, in this version http://tolkienbooks.net/php/details2.php?id=192
  
  there is a golden runic border. That runic border is the same for The Silmarillion and LoTR.
  
  Would be good this edition also, but point is, if i look for its ISBN 10: 026110330X, it point me at the same edition i posted from Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/Hobbit-J-R-Tolkien/dp/026110330X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526231039&sr=8-1&keywords=9780261103306
  
  From the image i can't see any runic border and there is present the ISBN 13 from this edition: http://tolkienbooks.net/php/details2.php?id=194
  
  In few words, this Amazon version has the ISBN 10 from the one with runic borders, and the ISBN 13 from the one with no runic borders :/

Harper Collins has been coming out with Deluxe Editions of all of Tolkien's books, in a matched set with individual slipcases. I have two of the set and they are fantastic. The binding and paper quality are impeccable and they look great. In my opinion, they're the best versions of his books out there.

Lord of The Rings

The Hobbit

The Silmarillion

The Children of Hurin

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

Tales from the Perilous Relm

[Unfinished Tales](http://www.tolkien.co.uk/product/9780007542925/Unfinished+Tales+(Deluxe+Slipcase+Edition)

There are two books called Realms of Tolkien and Tolkien's World which are coffee table books with paintings from the likes of Garland, Howe, Lee, Nasmith as well as other not so well known artists. Both are worth mentioning despite being out of print. (They're easy to find used online.)

The 60th anniversary box of The Lord of the Rings includes Tolkien's original dust jacket designs and has the excellent readers companion from Hammond and Scull.

The Hobbit Facsimile Gift edition includes the facsimile of the first edition, which includes Tolkien's original text and cover design. It is also available as a standalone book in a slipcase. And The Hobbit revised text is available as a 70th anniversary edition too.

Amazon: Great Tales of Middle Earth

It's a great set. The books are smaller than the original hardbacks but I like that.

It's most likely just somebody on Ebay trying to sell them for as much as they can, and probably for far more than they're worth. They can be slightly hard to find new, and the box set seems impossible to find for a reasonable price, but I bought mine off of Amazon UK for considerably less than that - the first is £45.81; the second, £39; and the third, £60. That's the price listed on Amazon UK now though, they were cheaper back when I got them.

is this the first edition you've mentioned?
http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Tales-Numenor-Middle-earth-Tolkien/dp/0395299179/ref=tmm_hrd_title_4?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1407020487





I have also found this, "featuring Tolkien's own painting of the dragon Glaurung on the cover"
http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Tales-Middle-Earth-J-Tolkien/dp/026110215X/ref=tmm_hrd_title_3?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1407020487

The only deluxe edition I can find seem to be this
http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Tales-Deluxe-Slipcase-Tolkien/dp/0007542925/ref=tmm_hrd_title_6?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1407020487

Seems like I'll be saving up for the deluxe edition

edit: spacing

Indeed it is! However the Amazon.com, Inc listing posted and provided above does not include an ISBN, which I would be extremely concerned, careful, and cautious about. The following Amazon.com, Inc link does, in fact, display the ISBNs: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Middle-Earth-Hobbit-Silmarillion/dp/0007169426/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469629748&sr=1-1&keywords=0007169426

For your ease of mind, I will post and provide the following image (or picture), which masterfully and delightfully displays and demonstrates the aforesaid book from an angle where both the front cover and spine are visible or palpable: http://www.mytolkienbooks.com/books04/pics/guide02.jpg

Nevertheless, in order to avoid disappointment, regret, sorrow, and/or dismay allow me - a true collector - to suggest and recommend that you manage and handle the online purchasing or buying matter (or situation) with exceptional attention and care. There are vast and extensive numbers of versions of each one book - to the magnitude or extent where even books with exactly and precisely the same ISBN may have a different and/or dissimilar dust jacket! For instance, this is the case with The Hobbit that matches the aforementioned beautifully illustrated LOTR boxed set. Since this is of utmost importance and relevance, the best course of action is to request a picture of the physical item from the seller before committing hard earned money to a purchase - at least, then, this would serve and provide an insurance of sorts against a situation where the purchased book does not have the desired dust jacket (or cover) illustration.

As always, it is my pleasure to help, assist, and/or aid a fellow collector.

Edit: Needless to say (but I will say it anyways because it is extremely relevant and important to the topic, discussion, and/or conversation at hand), sometimes books and/or items are regrettably shipped without being properly or correctly packaged. It is a horrendously heartbreaking and depressing day when a shipment arrives containing a shattered, dented, wet, or scratched book or dust cover. The vicissitudes of fate will not always be favorable, nor it can be expected for destiny to always smile upon the dedicated collector. Nonetheless, my personal recommendation when such event or occurrence takes place is: do not drown in dolor and/or misery - simply complain and protest and either return or exchange or obtain a replacement for items that arrived damaged.

There is a second hand copy of The Shaping of Middle-earth on Amazon and there's a Lays of Beleriand on eBay.

Also, Lays is available on the Tolkien shop... obviously Shaping is usually available but currently listed as sold out.

The ISBN numbers are: (IV) 0261102184 and (III) 0261102265
so you could go into a bookshop and have them order them for you if you'd rather/want brand new ones.

Finn and Hengest, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, and, Tree and Leaf (or my copy is B-Format and matches spine wise,, granted the HC logo is smaller but thats due more to the thinness of the book)

http://i.imgur.com/fSYbEGL.png

Paperback. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0261102354/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1375259035&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY190

Where does this copy fit in?

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings https://www.amazon.com/dp/0261103563/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_YbscAbTVSM2YY

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but this was my introduction to Middle Earth, and it's phenomenal.

Unfortunately, the ISBN number is wrong. I have the book with the given number and it looks like this (paperback version).