The Hobbit Illustrated Edition a Discussion and Review
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- A review and discussion of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien including the newly released Author Illustrated Edition.
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That cover looks beautiful! 👏
It is quite handsome
I'm also re-reading the hobbit right now and I love it even more than the first time I read it when I was younger. I'm planning to get this edition as well it's gorgeous 😍💖
It is a very re-readable book and one you cannot have too many copies of 😬
I love The Hobbit! It’s such a wonderful story. Your newest edition is awesome. BTW…your bookshelves look fantastic behind you. Terrific video, AL.
Thanks Kat, I sure appreciate the compliment on the shelves. I struggle to know how to arrange the books though 🤷🏻♂️
@@bigaldoesbooktube1097 I struggle with how to arrange my books, too. I think it’s a common problem for us bibliophiles. 😊
They are nice books I own the Deluxe quarter-bound leather and the trade edition, the deluxe edition comes with an 88-page booklet , the edition that you have is printed by Rotolito, which printed deluxe editions with issues, hence harper Collins changed the printer to Graphicom, I paid £75 for slipcase leather edition , having used the SAVE40 coupon generated by harper collins themselves
Very nice 👌
I have looked at that edition longingly myself, very handsome.
This was the third novel I ever read. I don’t even know how many times I’ve read it in my life.
I think along with Treasure Island it’s basically a hallmark of being a twentieth century boy.
Do you happen to have the ISBN for the regular hobbit that you showed in the plastic wrap? Thanks!
Yes it is; ISBN-13 978-0-00-783062-6
@@bigaldoesbooktube1097 Thank you so much!
That is a beautiful edition, I love seeing the colour versions of pictures that are black and white in other versions, not sure I can justify another copy of it though.
I don’t think I could either despite the fact I bought it 😅
Who made those leather Tarzan and Conan books on the shelf behind you?
Gollancz, they are fairly easy to get as I think they get reprinted every so often 👍
I bought both the UK and the US printings of this book a few months ago. Both arrived with slight shipping damage, which was annoying, but not a deal breaker. Rhetorical question: why can't book sellers manage to protect books adequately during shipping? It's not rocket science! Anyway, I notice that you protected the cover of the older Hobbit edition you showed with a plastic dust jacket cover. I need to do the same for a 1966 edition of The Hobbit that was owned by my dad. Where did you get the plastic cover?
I get them from a company called Brodart, you can get them direct or pay a bit more on Amazon.
@@bigaldoesbooktube1097- Thanks. Yes, I see Amazon has some. My Hobbit edition is 8.25" tall, so I probably need a 10" or 11" tall cover to fit it adequately?
@@-johnny-deep- I find the larger size scales nicely to smaller books
I really struggled with it. Took me about five attempts. Four of those I fell asleep during chapter one. Hobbits and horses for courses, I suppose. Actually, £30 seems fairly reasonable considering. You talk about Book Tube. Is that on here?
It has a slow build up it’s true. Booktube is the term for book content on CZcams.
Looks like a great edition! Unrelated - what's the book next to your Complete Chronicles of Conan?
It’s Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes 👍
Nice! Those are nice editions - I saw there's a Lovecraft one and a Jack Vance one as well.
I had seen the Lovecraft one but owned most of the stories already. I am now going to look out for the Vance edition 👍
This and Malazan Book of the Fallen are my top favourite books to read.
I’ve only read Gardens of the Moon so far but I’d say they are good choices 👌
@@bigaldoesbooktube1097Deadhouse Gates is even better and the third one will wreck you to pieces. Let me know when you get there.
@@bigaldoesbooktube1097 Deadhouse Gates is even better and Memories of Ice will probably wreck you to pieces. Will watchout for your book reviews of those.
I will 👍
I hope to get the Gardens review out in a couple of weeks with reviews for Deadhouse Gates in May and Memories of Ive in the summer 🫡
Ooff that’s a proper collectors edition that 😍
She’s a beaut
@@bigaldoesbooktube1097 sure is!
Amazing map
It really is, I love a good map.
It’s $35 now on Amazon 😊I’m so tempted!
It is a cross we bear 🙈
I gave in and got it!!
Ordered it!!
I can’t blame you Ben 😅
Haa! Pensei que era o litro de óleo.
Hey, you have Conan! Good man! 👏👏
Yep Conan is pretty essential fantasy 👍