Date: March 17th, 2026 8:03 PM
Author: Nude Karlstack (🧐)
I haven't read the books since I was probably 13 or 14 and bought these
https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Illustrated-Author-Tolkien-Editions/dp/0063347539
https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Illustrated-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0358653037
https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Deluxe/dp/0544273443
First the bad: the Tolkien illustrated hardback kind of sucks. It's just too unwieldy to read and there aren't that many illustrations anyway, I returned this one
The non-illustrated sort-of-hardback is great to read out of and looks pretty good for a $25 1200 page book
But the Tolkien illustrated hobbit is 180. Lots more illustrations relative to text and it's printed on high quality paper (presumably the illustrated all in one couldnt do this just because it would've been comically thick).
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5846993&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49752563)