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Title: One-volume boxed collector's edition full of broken type
Review: Yes, I am a Tolkien fan. So much so that my family gave me the Lord of the Rings in the collectors edition, a box containing the three volumes bound together.I must advise against this edition. Although the cover is lovely, with gilt lettering and a faux leather cover, and although the book has black type and red page headings on it's thick smooth paper, I say don't buy it.There is no justifying a "Collector's Edition" with broken type on every page. If broken-type is not the correct term, forgive me. Only be aware that this edition has incompletely printed letters on seemingly every page.In a paperback edition, or if the broken type was rare, I wouldn't comment, but in a "collector's edition," one should get a little more care in the presentation of the text.
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