With all the weird retro LotR stuff going around lately,

[huinare]

can we please observe the Ace 1965 covers and how, among other things, a My Little Pony has evidently mated with a bat?



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Also, you know, I really actually quite like this one.  Except that it doesn't make sense.  But that's okay.

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Your link was the cover set that I first had and, in fact, still have (along with at least five additional sets). I thought the covers were so beautiful and I still love them.

The ones that you showed seem to have a thing with outstretched arms and odd rock formations :-) I hadn't seen these before and they are quite odd - especially the dark Pegasus for the Nazgul.

Here's the full set of three in the series I first owned around 1967 or so...(I also had the full poster on my wall).

- Erulisse (one L)

(http://s937.beta.photobucket.com/user/Engarian/media/LOTR%20Community%20Art/JRRTLOTRCovers_zps17feaf48.jpg.html)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they are really cool-looking (the ones pictured in your comment, I mean). I spent longer than I should have yesterday afternoon trying to find a good version of all of them patched together. Which I assume is the poster you had. =D

Couldn't resist icon-izing a detail of the Tower Towers one myself.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I saw your avatar and couldn't resist doing one of each of the books as well as the holder which they all came from (sorry, didn't mean to step on your toes but they bring back such happy memories).

The poster was indeed of all of them seamlessly joined. Here's a fairly decent photo of what it looked like...

(http://s937.beta.photobucket.com/user/Engarian/media/LOTR%20Community%20Art/JRRTLotrCoverPoster_zpscea8dfcc.jpg.html)

- Erulisse (one L)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Oh don't worry, no toe-stepping going on...if anything, you're more entitled to make icons of the covers given your history with them. Glad this post brought back some good memories for you. =]

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Oh heavens, no entitlement at all for either of us. Your example inspired me :-)

- Erulisse (one L)