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Unpublished Manuscript Found?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 A. This construction method was used for the first, second, third and fourth states of the slipcase. In use 1957 to 1960. Image shows a fourth state slipcase, but the earlier slipcases were similar. The sides and rear of the slipcase are formed from one piece of board, and the top and base from two more. These are held together by the covering material - paper or Linson. This type of construction is susceptible to splitting along the joins on the top and bottom edges, especially in the paper covered variants. |
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