In 2010, Firebird re-issued the entire Redwall series on paperback in the U.S. These books are notable for the design of their cover artwork, which was topped with a shiny new A Tale of Redwall logo on the front. However, for the past 13 years, a publisher error on one of those covers has gone undetected...until now!
At first glance, this cover for High Rhulain appears to be perfectly normal. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. However, when you turn the book over to review its spine, well, it's quite clear the artwork surrounding the numeral at the bottom doesn't belong there.
It is, in fact, the back cover artwork for The Bellmaker, which features the spirit of Martin the Warrior, Hon Rosie, Durry Quill, and Rufe Brush. Whoops! If we had to guess what happened here, perhaps The Bellmaker's artwork was a part of the initial or default template used for every one of these 2010 editions, and the replacement of it for High Rhulain somehow got overlooked.
Nevertheless, this is a pretty interesting oversight that has seemingly never been corrected, and certainly a neat item to have. Thanks for joining us today, and have a great holiday season.
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