My Collection JRR Tolkien LOTR (SINGLE VOLUME) Editions in Chronological Order !

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  @nickmat3153 · 2 years ago

  1994 can’t be movie tie-in. Movies didn’t come out til 2001/2

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  @killer92173 · 1 year ago

  JRR Tolkien originally wanted The Lord of the Rings to be one giant single volume, but due to the economic costs with illustrations and maps, it would've been too expensive to publish, so they split it into Three Volumes. These editions give great insights of what should've been.

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  @TheBaseballBrit · 2 years ago

  1. How can 1994 be movie versions?<br>2. How can 2005 and 2014 bothe be 50th Anniversary Editions.<br>3. As far as I know, every version will have the black printed Moria door picture and the family trees and language texts as part of the appendix.

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  @simonedwards9450 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The 1994 U.K. hardback edition with Gandalf on the front is my favourite. It’s the one my dad brought me for my eleventh birthday. I’ve still got it and even though it is wrecked through constant re-reads, it is still one of my treasured possessions. Got both hardback and paperback edition

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  @silentintrovert1244 · 1 year ago

  Currently reading &quot;The Hobbit&quot; and I am super in love with the book! So much even more than when I was a child when I first watched the trilogy! <br><br>In fact, a one-volume edition &nbsp;of Lord of the Rings is much better than buying them individually. I respect those that love to read them as individual novels.

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  @Trotter_Tolkien · 3 years ago

  The Artwork for the first edition on the dust-jacket that you show is by Pauline Baynes. She produced a tryptic for the first deluxe three volume edition of The Lord of the Rings in 1963. This edition shows two of the three parts, which correspond to sections of the story. Tolkien really liked the artwork and bought the original picture from Pauline.

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  @michaeljdauben · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve got the old dark red edition in the slip case. It was a Christmas present from my parents, after I wore out my original paperback copies. &nbsp;I&apos;ve reread that book probably a dozen times over the years. The only other one volume edition I have is the new white cover edition with illustrations by the author.

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  @The_Retro_Zone · 2 years ago

  How does a 1994 book have movie covers when they came out in the 2000s???

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  @WhiskeyRiver0 · 1 year ago

  I am at the beginning of this venture. Im feeling the need to start collecting these books. Which is crazy because it&apos;s all the same story. Yet here I am.

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  @the_centur1on · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jiTMBRyCQ4&amp;t=580">9:40</a> I agree completely about that hardback volume. I’ve had it for 20 years now and it still has the same bright colored paper even when sitting on the shelf. I also find it the easiest to read. Excellent font and a good form factor for being a single volume edition.

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  @Aarvaagen · 3 years ago

  I see The History of The Hobbit in the background 👀

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  @carlitosvlogs2808 · 3 years ago

  Congratulations, &nbsp;amazing collection ❤️.

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