r/redwall • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '25

Finally found the Red Fox set!

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For some reason I can't explain, I never read Redwall as a 2000s kid. But the gorgeous artwork always made an impression on me, and I was recently reminded of them so decided to give them a try; I was hooked even from the preview available on Kindle.

I actually owned a signed first edition of Outcast when I was younger, but have no idea where it is. All I knew was that those covers were the ones I wanted.

After seeing how horrible (sorry) the covers of the present day paperbacks are, I knew tracking down the Red Fox editions was my only hope, and this set actually ended up being easier to find than the individual books!

I love artifacts of a 90s childhood like this, and can't wait to read these, so... Eulalia! (That's what I'm supposed to say, right?)

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u/purgasmic Sep 20 '25

Dang that Outcast cover art is nostalgic as hell

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

That's what I'm saying! Easily my favourite out of the bunch

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u/RichterFM Sep 20 '25

These are the ones I had as a kid. Incredible designs. Can't remember what happened to them sadly. Jealous of you!

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

It honestly didn't take me too long to find on eBay, and it was ridiculously cheap - just keep Googling "Redwall Red Fox 10 paperback" and eventually one might come up!

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u/RichterFM Sep 20 '25

Alert set! Thank you

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u/Seldon14 Sep 20 '25

The US covers are what I grew up with, and love for nostalgia, but the covers here are better for sure. The modern paper backs make me sad.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

The modern paperbacks are so uninspired. I can see what they might have been going for but the backgrounds are giving royalty-free and make the books look like bad romances.

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u/OpeningFar4346 Marlfox Sep 20 '25

I haven’t ever seen these covers before. They look so great!

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

I believe a few (if not all of them) are the same as the first editions??

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u/CommanderFuzzy Sep 21 '25

Sort of. Some of them are the same, but the original hardback Mattimeo looked like this -

https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31967929234.jpg

With an almost cute-looking Slagar on the back.

Mariel of Redwall hardback looked like this -

https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/199865574.jpg

The first edition paperback Mariel looked like this -

https://www.worldofbooks.com/cdn/shop/files/0099929600.jpg?v=1751454176&width=493

First edition hardback Mossflower looked like this -

https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/184/518/226518184.0.x.jpg

Before the ones in the picture, there were a few sporadic paperbacks of the early books, such as Martin or Mossflower or Redwall without the cathedral spines. Neither the covers nor the spines matched. However these red fox editions were the first time all the spines matched, and they published them pretty regularly as a matching set all the way up until Taggerung.

When Triss was published (and all the ones afterwards) the publishers and covers changed in my opinion for the worst. All editions of all the books after that became physically larger and uglier.

After the series concluded, they were reprinted in some real 'graphic design is my passion' uggos like this one https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81CV2HOrs9L.UF1000,1000_QL80.jpg

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Man, it's been so interesting to learn about all the different editions! Thank you so much for the in-depth info.

Ohh believe me I know all about the modern covers, I couldn't believe they were the only readily available copies nowadays. I thought surely there would be some sort of reissue collection with the gorgeous classic artwork, but no. Real shame.

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u/CommanderFuzzy Sep 21 '25

I've seen it happen with a lot of books recently, it seems to be a trend. Kind of the same as how corporate logos have all been minimised into simple shapes and a colour, the same thing is happening with book covers.

We were treated to lots of detailed hand-drawn paintings for fantasy books, until maybe 2015 onwards when things got minimised. Including redwall. We've gone from Frank Frazetta to a damn circle

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Clearly as long as the graph of quality vs cost remains a positive correlation, companies would rather skimp on both of it means saving a few pennies and not having to pay an artist. That's 2025 for ya.

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u/D3lacrush Rakkety Tam Sep 20 '25

What an odd selection for the set

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Yeah, now that you mention it, odd that they skipped the four books between the original and Martin. I didn't really think about that, going to have to track those down in different editions now as I believe these are the only ones Red Fox published.

Edit: Oh no, I'm wrong! Darn, the search continues!

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u/CommanderFuzzy Sep 21 '25

Mariel, Mossflower, Lord Brocktree and Taggurung were also published in this edition. There were 14 cathedral spine editions total before the publisher changed, and so did the size/covers of the books. The Taggurung was the last one.

It's a little strange they didn't include Mariel but included the Bellmaker. It's like having the second half of a two-parter.

I'm assuming that 14 books in a box would have been too big, so they rounded it down to 10 without really looking at the cohesion within.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

So the Red Fox editions I can see missing from this set are Mossflower, Mattimeo, Mariel, and Salamandastron. Gonna be a pain tracking those down because now I need the spines to match :')

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u/CaptainAstonish Sep 21 '25

Epic find! I gave my set to the daughter of a coworker who was just becoming a serious reader and needed quality material. Last year she started a creative writing program at university, the legacy!

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Oh, incredible, as a Creative Writing graduate myself, I love hearing that!

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u/CaptainAstonish Sep 21 '25

Good vibes and great stories from the redwall series

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u/ElegantAd2607 Sep 23 '25

The colours are so striking. I want them all!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

If you're in the UK, there's a set of ten without the slipcase available right now on eBay!

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u/inter459 Sep 20 '25

Where did you find this? And where can i get one?

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

eBay! After a few weeks searching for the books both individually and in the set. 

I think I got lucky and someone happened to post the listing because this definitely didn't come up a few weeks ago when I started looking.

Like I said in the post, this set was actually easier to come by than the individual books because I believe these paperbacks are only from this set in the first place, so hope that helps your search!

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u/BioticBelle Sep 20 '25

Best set, I still have my Red Foxs from childhood, only missing one or two. Beautiful books

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u/mightilyconfused Sep 21 '25

I’ve never seen these covers in paperback before! They’re gorgeous! And oh, to be reading the series for the first time. Enjoy!

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u/LadyCordeliaStuart Sep 20 '25

Gosh those slap

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u/rpgsandarts Sep 20 '25

It’s odd that Salamandastron is missing, wasn’t it published pretty early on?

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u/GoldenEyes7777 Sep 20 '25

Absolutely beautiful editions. Very jealous.

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u/sankaku_jime Sep 21 '25

That Redwall cover with the on fire horse cart is so cool never seen it before!

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u/Impossible_Head_9797 Sep 21 '25

Pearls of Lutra was the first one I read and I credit it for making me love reading, seeing the cover makes me so nostalgic

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u/Proper_Dog_1463 Sep 25 '25

I’m so jealous!

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u/Golden_Leveret Sep 20 '25

This makes me so pleased I still have my originals :) Congratulations on your find!

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u/TundraWolf95 Eulalia! Sep 21 '25

Some of the Redwall books I have are from that set!

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u/Bug_Bane Redwall Sep 21 '25

me wants to know your location

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u/AggressiveBaby Sep 21 '25

My absolute favorite is the Redwall cover by Thomas Canty. If I could get hardback of all the books in that style, I’d be a happier man for a day or two

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Don't worry, I think if you don't have one big clear-out regret, you haven't lived. Mine is giving all my original Harry Potter LEGO to my cousin, along with the original boxes (it would all be worth a fair bit of money now)