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Harper Collins The Lord of the Rings 50th Anniversary Book Winners
By James Wray
Dec 11, 2004, 6:51 GMT

Folks we are pleased to announce the winner of the exclusive competition we ran in association with Harper Collins UK.

If you have forgotten the prizes were:

The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition:

Special 50th anniversary edition of the literary phenomenon voted Book of the Century and the Nation’s favourite Big Read. Includes revised and reset text and special features unique to this edition.

Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors’ editions become prized and valuable items of publishing.

This deluxe cased volume contains the complete text, fully corrected and reset, and features for the very first time the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, illustrations done by Tolkien and intended for inclusion in the famous ‘Bridge of Khazad-dum’ chapter. Also appearing are previously unpublished family trees and two, full-size fold-out maps.

Sympathetically packaged to reflect the classic look of the original, this brand new volume will prove irresistible to collectors and new fans alike.

Further details and a larger image available at Amazon UK.

And

The Hobbit Deluxe edition:

A slipcased edition of The Hobbit, featuring the definitive corrected and reset text, plus Tolkien’s paintings and drawings in full colour.

For the first time th edition has the illustration "The Three Trolls are turned to Stone" by Tolkien, a fold-out version of Thror's Map, with the 'magic' runes only visible when the map is held up to the light and the Map of Wilderland is also in black and blue as intended by Tolkien.

Not to mention the numerous other illustrations and great binding.

Again details on Amazon UK.

The Winners Are!

The first prize goes to Frank Aiello from Canada and the second to John Hunter from the UK. We have contacted the winners direct. So congratulations!

I have to say that I have the unopened books here just now and they look amazing. Woe is me who has to send them off!

Thanks to all who entered, Harper Collins UK and Sarah for giving us these great prizes. Remember to check out their great Tolkien book site here.

Look out for a new competition section on M&C shortly.