Been trying to collect this 1973 version of these books for 11 years and finally completed it, without online shopping!

Dec 23, 2016 6:25 AM

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Not an incredible feat but am proud of it none the less.

Awesome! But you have them in the wrong order.... entire post is ruined, op is a fag.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I have all of my mom's copies from that year ... they aren't in THAT good condition tho, we read them too many times

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have one each of the first US and UK hardcover editions of The Silmarillion. Not first printing though :(

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

First collection I read. My box is red though.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

+1 for supporting book stores

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I have fellowship and two towers, never had the hobbit and the return of the king is lost somewhere

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

?1

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Next target - the box.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Congrats!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My grandmother gave me that set recently. Had the box too and in amazing condition

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have the 1968 edition

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Neato

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I just did it...I 3:22 secs. Now with the 10 years plus that I saved, I will read them, and maybe have some seks

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You're missing part 2 and 3 of The Hobbit

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Are these worth anything? I have this exact set in mint condition with the box encasing for them. Plus Silmarillion.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My ex-girlfriend gave me that set in a box for my birthday in about 1999. Still treasured, and we're still tight.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Congrats!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have this one... (whole bunch of scale because I just got back from the grocery store)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Woah I didn't know these prints were so old. My grandfather gave me the same set when I was young, I feel awful for being so rough now

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm lucky my uncle left me this set although I would trade it to have him back.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm very impressed! I'm trying to do that with Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm assuming you have a lot of money?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

No, just time and patience:)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm like 90%sure that's the version I first read. They had originally been my mom's. Problem Is, I liked to read in the bath tub :(

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Kid me not only destroyed this, but the entire little house series, and several other vintage books.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Next you need the silmarillion!!!

9 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 1

I actually own one of the earlier editions of the Silmarillion.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah they do. And the entwives tale after that!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Love the silmarillion. Not sure I've read the entwives tale. I've read the recently released unfinished tales?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

That sounds awesome, but haven't read it.... Yet. The nets are awesome, though. Read about how their wives went away. Super sad. Super Good.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Those are the versions I have that were handed down to me. Is there something special about the 73 version?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

@OP I too, wonder. Why the 1973 version?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's the first version I owned as a kid of the hobbit

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Show us the covers!

9 years ago | Likes 54 Dislikes 2

...you slut

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Here is my set with original box. http://vKl2Chttp">/imgur.c">/vKl">bl">http">/imgur.c">/vKl2Cbl">http://imgur.com/vKl2Cbl /8WAUuP0 http://imgur.com/v8pKDlu http://imgur.com/25woP2D

9 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 0

My dad has that set. Just a matter of time...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have this set! My Nana gave it to me when I got really into LotR in middle school. It's still in great shape. So beautiful...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nice nice nice

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have this set, but not the box. Now I wish I had the box.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Once you read them they never fit back in the box.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Now the covers

9 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 5

I feel like you didn't look at the pictures...

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

That's trippy every time I click that link a new picture comes up.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I guess only the first/last picture automatically loads for him and didnt bother to check the other links. Happened to me once lol

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Maybe you would have been done sooner if you looked online..

9 years ago | Likes 383 Dislikes 9

Sooner and in better condition.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Thrill of the chase maybe?

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

One does not simply order online.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ya thrill of the chase through Powells bookstore and thrift stores.

9 years ago | Likes 182 Dislikes 5

I would have very little money.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Portland!!

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

One of the greatest smells ever!

9 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

Yeah sorry bout that, I just love Brussels sprouts.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

100% agree. I spent 3 years looking for the man in the high castle.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You know that they come in an original box, right?

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

Arg! I found this set in the box at a garage sale for $1. Had to ship it to myself b/c I was moving, and it got destroyed! I was so sad..

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have this set. Undamaged in original box. It was on my dads bookshelf for years.

9 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

He kept it secret, he kept it safe. And now you revealed it to us and jeopardized its safety.

9 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

I must have it. It's mine!

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

What edition? What print? Will spay $$

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0