What would Aragorn Do?

Short video on the new copy of Houghton Mifflin 50th anniversary special one volume leather bound edition of The Lord of the Rings that was bound UPSIDE DOWN !!

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• stupidity
• incompetence
• books
• wholivesandwhodies
• lotr
• tolkien
• publishers
• houghtonmifflin
• hmco

[warlord836]

hey man i am thinking of getting one of these for my b day I would just like to know is that the firt or secont print and is it the uk or us version =-) cuz they are all very differnt

[wmrandth]

This was the American version published by Houghton Mifflin. I don't know the printing, so can't help you there. It is a beautiful book and has a very nice feel to the cover, though for sentimental reasons I still prefer the old red book.

[th3warr1or]

@wmrandth

Does this book come shrinkwrapped when new?

I bought the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition from AMAZON UK (by HarperCollins, not Houghton Miffin) and the books came UNWRAPPED twice, even though they are definitely supposed to be wrapped.

[wmrandth]

@th3warr1or I bought it in the store here in the US, and yes, it was clear wrapped. I only noticed it the backwards printing when I got home and unwrapped it.

[hoteipdx]

This is a real tragedy. Will you get a new set?

[wmrandth]

Yep, I returned it and got another correct version from another store that had it. They were pretty good about it, I must say.

[TeamInferno81]

THat could be worth a lot because it is a factory mess-up .

[nitrodizon]

if you kept this book you could sell it after sometime with a much much much better price...

[Eddtastic100]

LOl i really feel for you man....!!

[SpreadingTruths]

Man those publishers fucking suck. You would think that in this day of powerful computers and software, that these fucking idiot publishers would quit printing books filled with errors.

[nonglotter]

hahahaha nice edition upsidedown

[alvarez73726]

@wmrandth You should have kept the misprint copy. They are very very rare and worth alot of money. Bad choice. I have the 50th anniversary edition too. Payed $90 dollars a few years ago at barnes and noble.

[ELdASenSei]

hi i have kind of the same problem with this book.

i bought it a few days ago and got the book.

first impression: Amazing!

but i found out the edges were not gold! that frustrated me a little because I spent lots of money on it 70 euros -_-.

I also espected a little more from the hardcover quality LOL.