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Unpublished Manuscript Found?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 C. This construction method was used for the sixth state of the slipcase. In use 1961 to 1964. The slipcase is made from two partial slipcases. Each piece has the top, rear and base panels and one side panel. They are overlapped and stapled at each corner of the top and base panels. The overlapping rear panels are held together by the paper covering material. This type of construction should (in theory) be stronger than the earlier one and three piece designs, but many of the boxes were made were 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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