O my o my
and someone is bidding on it !!!!!!!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Hobbit- ... ction&hash=item337e098472

I would take it for that price :) Who is so stupid to make the effort to bind an ordinary paperback in leather (which is for me stupid enough) and the write Tolkin........a curiosity.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Map-of- ... ain_2&hash=item3cccbfd625

Yep saw the map earlier
Seller initially thought it was a 1954 first impression but now changed wording but not price!

But it is a "Rare chance to own a piece of history!"

Lovely price. Only $400.00 or Buy It Now $440.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tree-and-Leaf ... tible&hash=item416eda37ed

Bought this one eight weeks ago as a 1st edition for $15, perhaps I should sell it again ;)

Do you think these are "off the back of a lorry", so to speak? The seller has been listing Folio Society copies of The Silmarillion (mainly), & LR (& now H too) --all sealed. I remember a good five years (or so) ago, a guy (in Glasgow; where HC printed all these editions) was selling piles of sealed HarperCollins editions; mainly the black deluxe incarnations. The low staring price is the suspicious bit; in this case 99p...

eBay ID: tyleklwa

BH

This one is interesting, no mention of a slipcase, and I can not see one in the photos.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tolkien-The ... tible&hash=item25786bf505

Khamûl, a lot of 99p Folio sealed sets are appearing, 'knocked off' may be correct

"I remember a good five years (or so) ago, a guy (in Glasgow; where HC printed all these editions) was selling piles of sealed HarperCollins editions; mainly the black deluxe incarnations.". I think an employee ended up in prison for stealing these from HarperCollins.



HarperCollins Fork Lift Driver sells £100k of books

I think I actually bought an item from him, & collected it from his house! He offered me some other deluxe editions while I was there...

BH