Throw in some incense to replicate the smells of the Shire, Mordor etc...
You makin' fun of me?
I already talked with the guy.. he tells me
THE DOWNFALL
OF THE
LORD OF THE RINGS
AND THE
RETURN OF THE KING
Won't fit on the spine
I went back and re-read the descriptions of the books and sources..
Want to add this to the back end pages...have it signed with the kings seal of the tree.
Findegil, King's Writer, finished this work in IV 172. It is an exact copy in all details of the Thain's Book m Minas Tirith. That book was a copy, made at the request of King Elessar, of the Red Book of the Periannath, and was brought to him by the Thain Peregrin when he retired to Gondor in IV 64.
Making it into a "Thains Book" - copied at Gondor, since of course the original Red Book of Westmarch wasn't preserved. How could I possibly have a copy?
Further, the Red Book is described as having plain red leather covers, and well, that is boring.
Sadly..unless I provide him with a PDF , in a hand written font ( assuming he would take such copyrighted material) , the hobbit will not be included , and some Appendix material which shouldn't exist till it gets stored with the Tooks in the Shire, will be included. ( I asked about his willingness and cost to do this.. though I suspect its very cost prohibitive) Alternately I am tempted to have "Vol 2" printed on the Spine.. explaining at least, the lack of the Hobbit.
Not to mention the HarperCollins Title pages and publishing information, forward and so forth would be a dead giveaway. But still, I wish only to fool my grandchildren (god willing I have some) and then only for a little while.. and maybe some careful page pulling would work
Then maybe next year I will order a copy of Narnia.
He does Harry Potter books too.. about $170 a pop. Though it looks like he will rebind any book you gave him from some of the projects. .
Is it just me who find this guy's work gorgeous?