Old Copies

08-02-2001, 10:12 PM

Elanor inspired this topic. I for example have onely one copy of the Hobbit, but I don't dare to read it anymore because its so old. Now I believe books are for reading, not collecting but still. Does anyone else have this problem?

08-02-2001, 10:25 PM

I just have LOTR... and I bought it last year... so it's not really a problem (the problem is that it cost me a hundred box)

But I have old BD that were given to my father by an old lady back in his youth. So they are something like 50-60 years old... I don't read them (don't like them)

08-04-2001, 03:31 PM

By "don't like them" do you mean there are a lot of changes between the two editions?

08-05-2001, 12:52 PM

No... it's old BDs that were never reedited. If I remember, it's X13, old detective Bds.

08-10-2001, 02:11 PM

I keep my FotR in a bag, both covers came off. They were one of my dad's copies and I never found the RotK, so I bought a new one. The TT seems to have lasted the longest, and my The Hobbit I recently lost and hate myself for that (looks like I'll have to clean my room....again)

webwizard333 · 08-11-2001, 11:30 AM

Odd, I have a copies from the time when my dad was a kid, and The Two Towers also has survived the longest for me.

Bullroarer · 08-12-2001, 09:43 PM

Shorter book....

webwizard333 · 08-13-2001, 09:55 AM

You're right. Out of curiousity when you find your Hobbit can you tell me what edition it is?

Bullroarer · 08-13-2001, 10:24 PM

what do you mean....its fairly new, I had to replace my very very old copy

poppy · 08-14-2001, 09:29 AM

Just thought id join your conversation i have 1 really old copy not sure how old because the covers are missing and 4 other one so im never with out

Lizra · 08-25-2002, 09:39 AM

I have the original hardback Hobbit I bought in 1971. It is just green, but the cover paper is that green, black and blue block print of mountains, trees and a road. What I was surprised at when I looked it over just now is the list price was $3.95! Wonder what the paperback cost!

BeardofPants · 08-25-2002, 09:55 AM

Nevermind... wrong forum.

Spock · 08-26-2002, 02:43 PM

Well LOTR has a copyright of '65 but my H. has a revised introduction dated '73. Go figure. Anyway I've had to reglue the bindings several times 'cause I refuse to buy new ones.

The Lady of Ithilien · 08-26-2002, 07:08 PM

I've got the hardcover LOTR books, Houghton Mifflin, "Second Edition, Revised With a New Foreword by the Author." Tolkien's copyright on them is dated 1965, if that makes any difference. (There was a big fuss about copyright after the first publication, wasn't there?) The paper jackets are mostly gone (except for shreds of the TT jacket and the front jacket for ROTK, which shows the book sold then for, are you ready? $6.50. The whole set was likely under $20). The pages are marked up but the books are still intact and have that neat eye/ring/inscription logo on the front cover (orange for FOTR, red for TT, and purple for ROTK).

My copy of The Hobbit is also the green hardcover one; I really enjoy that artwork on the paper jacket, though it too is crumbling.

I wonder if anyone knows whether copies of the original Hobbit without the editing for LOTR are still around?

Caleb · 09-01-2002, 07:37 PM

Well mines orange so their.

katya · 09-03-2002, 06:21 PM

my copy was read once by my brother. that did a lot of damage right there. i just dont understand the boy. oh well. remind me NOT to lend him my lotr books like i promised.

nazgul prince · 09-03-2002, 07:06 PM

I have the ted nasmith cover art ones.I got them two and half years ago.The hobbit is green with gandalf walking up to bilbo at bag end.the fellowship is blue with frodo escaping the ringwraiths at the ford.the two towers is red with frodo and sam traviling through the emyn muil. And return is purple with gandalf and pippen on there way to minus tirith.O yeah there all paperback.

Duddun · 10-02-2002, 12:33 AM

I just bought a new set so I don't have those problems although I have them with other books but I usually still read them.

Agburanar · 10-16-2002, 08:00 AM

I have a very old (fourth edition) copy of the Hobbit, but I bought the millenium edition because the old one was falling apart. On the other hand the copy of LoTR I have is truly ancient and has good thick paper. I accidentally dropped it in the bath and it still held up, unchanged! The only thing is that the lovely hand-drawn maps have fallen out, but they tuck back in allright.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-13-2003, 09:01 AM

Did a search before starting a thread (aren't you proud of me guys? I'm learning!) and it turned up this thread.

[slightly off topic]
Does anyone have a copy of "There and Back Again"? I think that's what the original Hobbit (before LotR) was called.
[/slightly off topic]

Yeah, I know what you mean about the old copies! My mom's FotR is completely ripped. It's in two sections, plus the covers, plus a few spare pages. New meaning for "Breaking of the Fellowship"!

08-02-2001, 10:12 PM	#1
webwizard333 Guest Posts: n/a	Old Copies Elanor inspired this topic. I for example have onely one copy of the Hobbit, but I don't dare to read it anymore because its so old. Now I believe books are for reading, not collecting but still. Does anyone else have this problem?

08-02-2001, 10:25 PM	#2
Shanamir Duntak Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Old Copies I just have LOTR... and I bought it last year... so it's not really a problem (the problem is that it cost me a hundred box) But I have old BD that were given to my father by an old lady back in his youth. So they are something like 50-60 years old... I don't read them (don't like them)

08-04-2001, 03:31 PM	#3
webwizard333 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Old Copies By "don't like them" do you mean there are a lot of changes between the two editions?

08-05-2001, 12:52 PM	#4
Shanamir Duntak Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Old Copies No... it's old BDs that were never reedited. If I remember, it's X13, old detective Bds.

08-10-2001, 02:11 PM	#5
Bullroarer Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Old Copies I keep my FotR in a bag, both covers came off. They were one of my dad's copies and I never found the RotK, so I bought a new one. The TT seems to have lasted the longest, and my The Hobbit I recently lost and hate myself for that (looks like I'll have to clean my room....again)

08-11-2001, 11:30 AM	#6
webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	Odd, I have a copies from the time when my dad was a kid, and The Two Towers also has survived the longest for me.

08-12-2001, 09:43 PM	#7
Bullroarer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2000 Location: Athens, Pennsyltucky Posts: 453	Shorter book.... __________________ http://www.nerdmafia.com/ -Making you an offer you cannot understand

08-13-2001, 09:55 AM	#8
webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	You're right. Out of curiousity when you find your Hobbit can you tell me what edition it is?

08-13-2001, 10:24 PM	#9
Bullroarer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2000 Location: Athens, Pennsyltucky Posts: 453	what do you mean....its fairly new, I had to replace my very very old copy __________________ http://www.nerdmafia.com/ -Making you an offer you cannot understand

08-14-2001, 09:29 AM	#10
poppy Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: uk Posts: 37	Old copies Just thought id join your conversation i have 1 really old copy not sure how old because the covers are missing and 4 other one so im never with out

08-25-2002, 09:39 AM	#11
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I have the original hardback Hobbit I bought in 1971. It is just green, but the cover paper is that green, black and blue block print of mountains, trees and a road. What I was surprised at when I looked it over just now is the list price was $3.95! Wonder what the paperback cost!

08-25-2002, 09:55 AM	#12
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Nevermind... wrong forum. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 08-25-2002 at 09:59 AM.

08-26-2002, 02:43 PM	#13
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Well LOTR has a copyright of '65 but my H. has a revised introduction dated '73. Go figure. Anyway I've had to reglue the bindings several times 'cause I refuse to buy new ones. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-26-2002, 07:08 PM	#14
The Lady of Ithilien Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Right here in between yesterday and tomorrow. Posts: 357	I've got the hardcover LOTR books, Houghton Mifflin, "Second Edition, Revised With a New Foreword by the Author." Tolkien's copyright on them is dated 1965, if that makes any difference. (There was a big fuss about copyright after the first publication, wasn't there?) The paper jackets are mostly gone (except for shreds of the TT jacket and the front jacket for ROTK, which shows the book sold then for, are you ready? $6.50. The whole set was likely under $20). The pages are marked up but the books are still intact and have that neat eye/ring/inscription logo on the front cover (orange for FOTR, red for TT, and purple for ROTK). My copy of The Hobbit is also the green hardcover one; I really enjoy that artwork on the paper jacket, though it too is crumbling. I wonder if anyone knows whether copies of the original Hobbit without the editing for LOTR are still around?

09-01-2002, 07:37 PM	#15
Caleb Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: I'll never tell. Posts: 37	Well mines orange so their. __________________ -Caleb

09-03-2002, 06:21 PM	#16
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	my copy was read once by my brother. that did a lot of damage right there. i just dont understand the boy. oh well. remind me NOT to lend him my lotr books like i promised.

09-03-2002, 07:06 PM	#17
nazgul prince Enting Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 58	I have the ted nasmith cover art ones.I got them two and half years ago.The hobbit is green with gandalf walking up to bilbo at bag end.the fellowship is blue with frodo escaping the ringwraiths at the ford.the two towers is red with frodo and sam traviling through the emyn muil. And return is purple with gandalf and pippen on there way to minus tirith.O yeah there all paperback.

10-02-2002, 12:33 AM	#18
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	I just bought a new set so I don't have those problems although I have them with other books but I usually still read them. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

10-16-2002, 08:00 AM	#19
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	I have a very old (fourth edition) copy of the Hobbit, but I bought the millenium edition because the old one was falling apart. On the other hand the copy of LoTR I have is truly ancient and has good thick paper. I accidentally dropped it in the bath and it still held up, unchanged! The only thing is that the lovely hand-drawn maps have fallen out, but they tuck back in allright. __________________ I would wish, were it to any avail, that the LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS had never been wrought. ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE ROLLING STOCK!!

01-13-2003, 09:01 AM	#20
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	Did a search before starting a thread (aren't you proud of me guys? I'm learning!) and it turned up this thread. [slightly off topic] Does anyone have a copy of "There and Back Again"? I think that's what the original Hobbit (before LotR) was called. [/slightly off topic] Yeah, I know what you mean about the old copies! My mom's FotR is completely ripped. It's in two sections, plus the covers, plus a few spare pages. New meaning for "Breaking of the Fellowship"! __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

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