Links to Articles
Publishing The Lord of the Rings
V The First Impression of RotK
VI The First Boxed Edition
VII The Readers Union Edition
VIII The First Deluxe Edition
IX Printing and Binding LotR
XIV LotR: A Bibliography
XV LotR: A Bibliography of Slipcases
The History of Middle-earth series
Other Articles
Christopher Tolkien Bibliography
I Think I've Got A Hobbit
Missing Images
Nasty Tricksy Hobbits
Printing and Binding The Hobbit
Songs for the Philologists
The Princess Hobbit
-- Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien
-- Gandalf: Not 'Magician' but 'Wizard'
-- Visions of Gollum
-- Of Smaug and the Jabberwock
-- Magazine Gallery
Tolkien Calendars
Tolkien the Esperantist?
Tolkien's Languages and Alphabets
Unpublished Manuscript Found?
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Inside the slipcase - Variant B. This construction method was used for the fifth state of the slipcase. In use in 1961 only. The slipcase is made from a single piece of board. This is folded to form the slipcase and then stapled at each corner of the top and base panels. Finally it is covered with the paper covering material. The orientation and exact positioning of the staples varies. This type of construction should (in theory) be stronger than the earlier three piece designs, but many of the boxes appear to have been made too large, meaning that the books could move around inside. This allows the slipcase to twist, making it susceptible to splitting. |
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