Centenary Edition: Father Christmas Letters

[Extollager]

I'm not very happy with the design of the edition I have (1995) -- I'll probably replace it with this one.

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[Jo Zebedee]

Will be getting that one in for the bookstore! Thanks Extollager!

 

[Pyan]

I'm not very happy with the design of the edition I have (1995) -- I'll probably replace it with this one.

What don't you like about the 1995 editions, Extollager?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I have the 1999 edition and treasure it

 

[The Big Peat]

My parents had an elderly edition when I was a kid and I did not treasure it I should find it next time I'm round and see just how bad I left it...

 

[Jo Zebedee]

My parents had an elderly edition when I was a kid and I did not treasure it I should find it next time I'm round and see just how bad I left it...

But it is a kids book. They’re not meant for treasuring but for loving....

 

[The Big Peat]

But it is a kids book. They’re not meant for treasuring but for loving....

It's true! But it would have been nice if one day my kids could have treasured too. I guess book repair is a thing?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

It's true! But it would have been nice if one day my kids could have treasured too. I guess book repair is a thing?

Or lovely new editions

 

[Extollager]

What don't you like about the 1995 editions, Extollager?

I should have typed 1999 — that’s what I have. Douglas Anderson puts it thus, in his entry on Baillie Tolkien for the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: “In 1999, Letters from Father Christmas was reworked in the style of an art book, with a larger format, and the opportunity was taken to expand the coverage by including previously unpublished letters and pictures. Unfortunately, as designed by the publisher, the placement of text and pictures is busy and overly crowded, with the text often distractingly printed on top of illustrations, and with a large number of designs repeated so as to fill up any leftover space on a page. [new paragraph] In 2004, the book was again redesigned and reformatted. This edition, containing all of the letters and illustrations, is vastly more reader-friendly, achieving a desirable balance of text and illustration.”

 

[Pyan]

Ah, I did wonder - I have the 1995 edition, which doesn't seem to have those problems.

 

[Matteo]

There is a lot of info on the different versions of The Father Christmas Letters here (though it dates from Nov. 2012 so this new edition is not included): https://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/the-father-christmas-letters-4/.

 

[Matteo]

And some discussion about this new version here: Letters from Father Christmas Deluxe Special Edition