morgansurname wrote:I just received my first white box. I know...not a huge victory, but I got it for a seemingly good price currently and with an additional supplement and the reference sheets. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :EOAB:US:6I also have additional copies of the three booklets. My question is this: are there different appearances and textures to the OCE 6th printings of the booklets? I note four differences right away:1. The color of one set is a little darker, richer in color if you will and has more of the pseudo leather wrinkles than the others.2. The staples are set in different locations of the side (i.e. one set has the two staples closer to the top of the spine than the other).3. The print of the outer cover and inner cover (dragon pic) is offset on one set. (i.e. a little higher).4. The staples on one set are shiny, the other is a little rustySummary:1st set: Darker richer brown with more wrinkles, staples closer to the bottom, print lower, staples shiny2nd set: Lighter smoother cover, staples closer to the top, print higher, staples a little rusty.Any ideas?
References to Hobbits and Ents (see page 9 of Men & Magic) are still present
morgansurname wrote:Thanks for the replies.Yep, I started at the acaeum description. That was what made me suspicious and confounded: Both sets state halflings and treants...no mention of hobbits or ents!
morgansurname wrote:Summary:1st set: Darker richer brown with more wrinkles, staples closer to the bottom, print lower, staples shiny2nd set: Lighter smoother cover, staples closer to the top, print higher, staples a little rusty.Any ideas?
deimos3428 wrote:It seems the later printings had considerable variation. I have two sets of 5th printings (hobbits, no printing indicated, no price on books) with similar issues. One has a buff inside cover, the other white. Staple/print positioning seems to vary even within the sets.
deimos3428 wrote:I'd suggest these differences are minor and not worthy of a "5th +" or "6th minus" designation unless there's actually a change in the printed text.
deimos3428 wrote:Maybe we should just collate the different variations and post them?
harami2000 wrote:There's definitely that interesting variation in the 1st print, too...
harami2000 wrote:Aside from those, there is at least one weird print flaw which continues to the 3rd print, but only for one book! Not 100% sure what that says about how the set-ups were done for the printing and an email to Tim J. might not help, either. There are also size variations in the books and interesting slants from the cut of the guillotine, but I don't know how automatic that process was. Would probably require more direct comparison of multiple copies, I think, as measurements vary depending on how you take them![/i]Any input appreciated on these points... (And a few more to follow, too).David.
afoolandhis$ wrote:harami2000 wrote:Wish I could tie that in with Sotteraneo's "missing $10.00"/"missing starburst" set, but the colors ain't right. Yeah, this one is intriguing, to say the least. You mean the colors of the covers, right?
harami2000 wrote:Wish I could tie that in with Sotteraneo's "missing $10.00"/"missing starburst" set, but the colors ain't right.
harami wrote:Wish I could tie that in with Sotteraneo's "missing $10.00"/"missing starburst" set, but the colors ain't right. Heck, could be 10th/11th printing, by the time we've all thrown our OD&D copies into the listing...I'm not counting the other variants/different cover printings for now; and Deimos's "5th" looks more like a full printing than a variant, even though it could've been a test print (*waves hiya*)
deimos3428 wrote:Aha, so you're still looking into it. Hope I'm not keeping you too busy, I promise not to find any new printings until after you've finished the chronology. Now that you mention it, I will go through carefully and check for non-tolkien references on mine.
Fighting Men includes the characters of elves and dwarves and even hobbits.