Wow. Color me surprised. Thanks for letting us know, Carl.

I figured the exact opposite would be true. I'm looking at my copy of the
extended edition of Smith of Wootton Major as I write this – printed as it is on
what appears to be heavy, recycled newspaper; in fact, I think it might have
been used by a homeless person to keep the rain off before the text was printed
on it. And the binding is clogged together with the kind of glue that ... well
... let's just say, the Rohirrim wouldn't be too happy about it.

Jason

----- Carl F. Hostetter <Aelfwine@...> ----

I received my copies of both the US (Houghton Mifflin) and UK
(HarperCollins) trade editions of _Children of Húrin_ today, and
wanted to let interested readers know that while identical in
contents, the UK edition is larger in page size (also in plate size,
for the illustrations) , in better boards, on better paper, and with
better (sewn) binding. For my money, in terms of attractiveness and
durability, it's well worth the additional cost to get the UK edition
instead of the US one.

FWIW.

Carl

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