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lol yeah I only have the common edition of other Tolkien books as well and I really wanna have a hardcover edition at last.

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How does one tell if one's copy is a first edition? The only info I can find in mine is "first printed in Great Britain"...

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hmm.. I don't really know. But since the Children of Hurin is new it must be a first edition.

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If there are more editions than the current (and first one) it's supposed to be printed on the title page where the year of release and the copyright are.

Did anyone read and finish The Children of Hurin yet?
And how do you like it so far? I haven't heard much about it yet and I didn't buy it (I haven't even seen it around).

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Same here (all common editions Tolkien books) ... except 'The Children of Hurin' now! heh.

Well you would notice that it's a first edition when on the copyright and publishing page there is nothing written about the edition of the book. When, for example, a book is in it's third edition, on that page would be written:-

First Edition Published 2001
Second Edition Published 2002


I bought it but haven't started yet! Can't wait though! heh

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Well, hurry hurry then!!! We're waiting all excitedly to hear about it!! *chuckles*
What does the cover look like? How many pages does your copy have?

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Ok I'll do my best!:) The Front cover is a scene with Turin in a black cloak and wearing the Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin (by Alan Lee). The book has 320 pages with all the Appendices and Introductions. The whole story is, I guess, about 250 pages long.

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wow the story is 250 pages long?? Yayness!! And there are appendices as well.. that's awesome.

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Yes. Including Geneaology Tables and an Index of the names that appear in the book. Plus, a two page map of Beleriand.

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Ohh wow, yay for the appendices!!!

It sounds like the cover I've seen posted somewhere in another CoH thread... must be same worldwide since it's a first edition everywhere

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The book looks the same everywhere except for the title of course
AAAAAhhh, I can't wait to get enough money for it!

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What I meant was Tolkien's other books have different front covers in different countries (or with different publishers), but since this is the first edition, and since the honoured Alan Lee made the illustrations it is most likely the same front cover all over the world.

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Ohhh.It hasn't appper still in Bulgarian!!!:(
I want to read it SOOO much!!!
Well,it seems that I must read it in English first!:)

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this book souinds amazing. Im ordering it from my local library, and I cant wait!!!!

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Lol--there is no such thing as a local library around here. So I have to buy it, which I'll do when the price goes down.

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Mate, the library owns. Its like a bookshop, except you can read the books and not pay a penny ( unless you decide to keep it for longer than 3 weeks lol) I like going there. Im certain I have singlehandedly doubled the collection of fiction in there.

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