For those of you who don't have this volume of HoME --how about this one?
DJ is just a little sun damaged... (cough) ... oh, & it's a reprint. However the DJ hasn't been price-clipped!
SAURON DEFEATED - HoME 9 - Tolkien HB
Come on --£80! Snap it up!
BH
DJ is just a little sun damaged... (cough) ... oh, & it's a reprint. However the DJ hasn't been price-clipped!
SAURON DEFEATED - HoME 9 - Tolkien HB
Come on --£80! Snap it up!
BH
Trotter wrote:
They are not scarse(sic) anymore in the UK.
Italian Adjective
scarso m (f scarsa, m plural scarsi, f plural scarse)
scarce, scanty, scant, poor, little, limited, short
feeble, weak
light (wind)
This has been listed & re-listed several times:
J.R.R .Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 1st/ 1st, signed by Christopher Tolkien
Have a look at the offer that was allowed to expire, on an auction at Buy-It-Now £595...
...£575!
If I recall correctly dogfark bought this item on eBay for £271 ($425), on an $500 Buy-It-Now, or Make Offer auction, in January this year.
Someone offers more than double --& the seller doesn't bite!? Madness...
BH
J.R.R .Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 1st/ 1st, signed by Christopher Tolkien
Have a look at the offer that was allowed to expire, on an auction at Buy-It-Now £595...
...£575!
If I recall correctly dogfark bought this item on eBay for £271 ($425), on an $500 Buy-It-Now, or Make Offer auction, in January this year.
Someone offers more than double --& the seller doesn't bite!? Madness...
BH
Here's a Hobbit -
Thing is, the vendor seems to assume that it's a 5th impression because it has the revised text. But as all subsequent printings have the same text, this seems like something of a leap to me.
Given that the book has some pages missing, and the fact that the cloth binding looks to me more like 1960s than 1950s, I'm surprised to see the way the bidding is going.
Finally, here's the answer to a question from an enquirer -
'Hi, Thanks for the email. I have just counted the pages & there is only 2 pages that are missing, the right hand side of the map & the page with printing details dates etc (please see photos already attached) although these pages are missing it does not effect the reading of the book as it has the complete content. The house we were contracted to clear out belonged to a book collector & this book was kept in the section labeled ''rare''! this a great chance to own a piece of history, happy bidding!'
Thing is, the vendor seems to assume that it's a 5th impression because it has the revised text. But as all subsequent printings have the same text, this seems like something of a leap to me.
Given that the book has some pages missing, and the fact that the cloth binding looks to me more like 1960s than 1950s, I'm surprised to see the way the bidding is going.
Finally, here's the answer to a question from an enquirer -
'Hi, Thanks for the email. I have just counted the pages & there is only 2 pages that are missing, the right hand side of the map & the page with printing details dates etc (please see photos already attached) although these pages are missing it does not effect the reading of the book as it has the complete content. The house we were contracted to clear out belonged to a book collector & this book was kept in the section labeled ''rare''! this a great chance to own a piece of history, happy bidding!'
Spot the problem, the pictures provided do not show one area of the book
Like all his books this seller describes it as
"VERY SOUGHT AFTER AND COLLECTABLE"
and
"worthy of any collection
would make an excellent addition to any collector / fans collection
The spine has had some attempted repair work done with some white tape as per pics, appears to be ex-libris with some stamps throughout, foxing to page edges and some rubbing to cover. some spine lean."
"judge for yourself from pics as a picture paints a 1000 words"
We can't do this as he not provided pictures of the Spine or any pictures showing library stamps
"A VERY RARE CHANCE TO GRAB SUCH A COLLECTABLE EDITION
A TRUE COLLECTORS ITEM
VERY COLLECTABLE AND A GREAT INVESTMENT"
Sorry, but it is not collectable, or a true collectors item or has any value
"Returns:No returns accepted"
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOLKIEN-THE ... ks_UK&hash=item20cc9993d3
Like all his books this seller describes it as
"VERY SOUGHT AFTER AND COLLECTABLE"
and
"worthy of any collection
would make an excellent addition to any collector / fans collection
The spine has had some attempted repair work done with some white tape as per pics, appears to be ex-libris with some stamps throughout, foxing to page edges and some rubbing to cover. some spine lean."
"judge for yourself from pics as a picture paints a 1000 words"
We can't do this as he not provided pictures of the Spine or any pictures showing library stamps
"A VERY RARE CHANCE TO GRAB SUCH A COLLECTABLE EDITION
A TRUE COLLECTORS ITEM
VERY COLLECTABLE AND A GREAT INVESTMENT"
Sorry, but it is not collectable, or a true collectors item or has any value
"Returns:No returns accepted"
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOLKIEN-THE ... ks_UK&hash=item20cc9993d3
10
2003