The Folio Society - The Lord of the Rings Limited Edition

Take it easy on me with this one, completely spontaneous as always. NOT a review, just a quick look.
By J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrated by Alan Lee
Preface by Alan Lee

[@sparkspl]

sell it to someone who will appreciate it

[@johnvillalovos5082]

I agree completely!

[@user-ik4kh9lt6d]

The one who has the most expensive editions is the one who doesn't want it.

[@Meltedbutta7]

I want these so bad... you have no idea how lucky you are to inherit these from your best friend. That is an incredible person. I have to pay double over the price to get these. Hopefully one day I will. But I can't afford it at all right now, and I'm a huge Tolkien fan.

[@garetz00]

The price will only increase over time, so if you want it, get it asap.

[@someinteresting]

Oh, be sure, we do cringe. By the first minute it seems you'll kick them out of the box.

[@HarveySwick]

Fortunately they are built like tanks! Books are meant to be handled, even by fumbling idiots like me.

[@jknuttel]

Copies of this are selling on ebay for over $5,000. If I suddenly found myself in possession of one of these I'd sell it for a nice profit.

[@routex1]

Beautifully constructed but so cumbersome for reading!

[@elliotwalton6159]

So, how do you really feel about leather?

[@stuffandnonsense8528]

Please be careful with those.

[@Sams911]

I couldn't help myself.. I missed the boat on the $1500 launch price... picked it up on eBay in mint condition for $3400... some are asking as much as $5400 at ABE. .. and I swear if I hear one more mention of "the leather: .we get it, you hate leather .. too bad for thousands of years books and leather have been a thing.

[@ThaKid14]

yeah guy sounded like an absolute weiner from wein town

[@ActuallyJamesS]

Even for Folio Society, these were overpriced at £1000, I can't believe people are paying multiple thousands for them.

[@Sams911]

@@ActuallyJamesS I mean there is a lot of work that went into them, and their print / binding quality is quite impressive ... all done in the UK.. not a bad value at their original price... the market seems to think the were cheap, since they're selling for 3x the price now

[@ActuallyJamesS]

@@Sams911 Yeah, well, the “market” also paid $400 for Gamestop stock and $60k for bitcoin. Point is the markup on these editions is far beyond the markup on a usual luxury Folio, they simply use the sheer fame of LOTR to inflate what they would normally charge. There’s no increase in quality between a £300 Folio limited edition set and this £1000 set, only price.

[@sankarnarayanan6377]

4000£ in the UK this in the used market as it’s all sold. You are INCREDIBLY blessed and cursed at the same time to have received it in this situation and this edition.

[@philippe6069]

Damn I need rich friends too !! Sorry about your best friend though…

[@HarveySwick]

Haha, he would appreciate your comment!

[@eldritchpumpkinghost2968]

I wonder how you would feel about Suntup’s Hell House. The numbered edition is bound in Ostrich Leg leather

[@operoverlord]

Have u heard of any news that folio society will release the Hobbit and Silmarillion as a matched set to this LE LOTR?

[@HarveySwick]

I have heard tell of a Hobbit LE with Lee illustrations, but nothing yet on the Silmarillion.

[@operoverlord]

@@HarveySwick Oh, u give me hope.

[@piusschroh6361]

Thanks! Great!

[@erinn1730]

Open to buying this from you, but no worries if not.

[@erinn1730]

Just realized you’re planning to keep it from your friend. Thanks!

[@anonimo0486]

Call me crazy but for me, the standard/regular edition is more beautiful. At least when it comes to the covers 😂 I'm not a fan of the blue&red combination.

[@HarveySwick]

I love the standard edition, but prefer the Alan Lee illustrations.

[@bhanumathis4699]

Would you be interested in selling this?