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This area of the site consists of several short articles detailing a variety of aspects of interest to collectors of books from The History of Middle-earth. Part I - A Guide to the Contents - a guide to the contents of each volume in the series. Part II - Prices on Dustwrappers - illustrates the various ways that dustwrappers have been priced, and discusses which (if any) should be thought of as being the earliest state. Part III - Original Retail Prices - a breakdown of how much the books cost originally, and when the prices were increased. Part IV - Print Run Sizes - a summary of the information given in Wayne Hammond's bibliography, together with information supplied by HarperCollins. Part V - When Were the Guild Editions Published? - discusses a possible error in Hammond's Tolkien bibliography Part VI - The Shaping of Middle-earth Dustwrapper - illustrates and discusses the various states of the dustwrapper. Part VII - Was The Peoples of Middle-earth Pulped? - discusses the rumour, identifies a possible origin and gives a definitive answer.
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