Help me identify this book edition?

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- 02/09/2017 at 9:06 pm #12189
  DantheDiner
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  I have a Lord of the Rings complete singlebound book, but there’s no barcode on the outside and it’s sealed, so I can’t open it to find the ISBN. Quite a lot of searching on Google, including reverse image search, and I still can’t narrow down the edition. I did find the general series on Amazon, but didn’t see my cover among the list of editions:
  
  Anyway, I listed it on eBay and immediately got an offer from a Tolkien memorabilia seller. Makes me think it’s worth more than I have it up for, and makes me really want to find the ISBN. Would anyone like to take a crack at it? Here’s my listing:
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/282355440862
- 02/09/2017 at 9:25 pm #12191
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  I didn’t come across anything. Frankly, I’d pull it until you know exactly what you have there. It could have been a promo type thing to celebrate the third movie, or what have you.
  - 02/09/2017 at 10:18 pm #12192
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    You were right! I found it, and it’s a super rare movie tie-in version. No other one available online.
    
    Houghton Mifflin 2003 One Volume Gift Set Hardcover
    
    The Sunday Salon: Out-of-Print and Current US Editions of The Lord of the Rings
- 02/09/2017 at 10:21 pm #12193
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  Who is the publisher?
- 02/09/2017 at 10:22 pm #12195
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  Houghton Mifflin. Check the Sunday Salon link.
- 02/09/2017 at 10:23 pm #12196
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  Okay, I think I found it mentioned in a blog.
  Is it the Houghton Mifflin 2003 One Volume Gift Set Hardcover? Scroll through the post to find the photo…
  
  The Sunday Salon: Out-of-Print and Current US Editions of The Lord of the Rings
- 02/09/2017 at 10:27 pm #12197
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  Whoops! Sorry for the cross-posts! I didn’t even see your posts… :blushing: Hahahaa!
- 02/09/2017 at 10:28 pm #12198
  DantheDiner
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  Haha no I appreciate your help nonetheless. Always interesting to discover new types of collections like this.
- 02/09/2017 at 11:07 pm #12199
  MyCottage
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  Yeah, I thought it might be some thing like that…..nice find!
- 02/10/2017 at 8:07 am #12204
  Ryanne
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  better change that price before someone snatches it for only $39.
- 02/10/2017 at 12:37 pm #12233
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  Book person here. IT is out of print, but I wouldn’t say it is a rare copy. I see them quite a bit although I do see the paperback version more than the hardback version. Here is the link to the listing on Amazon:
  
  Here is the ISBN for you: 978-0618345847
  
  Your price seems fine to me, but if you can get more for it, give it a try. Also I’d change the title from “movie promo” to “movie tie in”.
- 02/10/2017 at 12:43 pm #12234
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  That’s the version I thought it was, but the cover is different. I couldn’t find mention of the cover anywhere but that blog post. Anyway, thanks for the advice everyone. I raised the price and changed the title. The dealer was very frustrating – he kept sending more offers as I tried to edit the listing. And you can’t edit when there’s an active offer.
- 02/10/2017 at 1:35 pm #12241
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  I took a better look at the back of the book and it looks like it is a book club edition. They used to have 5-6 number codes on the jacket of a book club versus a UPC code like the trade version would have. I can’t find any photos of the book club version to be compare the cover to. Also, some book club books are shipped out shrinkwrapped as your book is.
  
  I did find another listing for the same book on ebay:
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/J-R-R-Tolkien-The-Lord-of-The-Rings-Complete-Classic-New/221974986705?_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41376%26meid%3Dad48090e0a0444f8849002f8b4612d76%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D282355440862
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