You could also buy this item for £180

eBay Item #351693030654

or buy it for £90 from HarperCollins, possibly cheaper from other on-line outlets

http://www.tolkien.co.uk/product/9780 ... d+of+the+Rings+Boxed+Set+

Hmmmm £180 on eBay or £58 from WHSmith???

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/the ... ary-edition/9780007581146

They obviously are just hoping on an idiot with more money than sense!

Yes, trying to persuade someone elsewhere online who has TT and RoTK from the movie tie-in/special edition set (but is missing FoTR) not to pay more than retail for a copy of the matching FoTR. Unfortunately people look at Abe and eBay and only see these ridiculous overpriced listings and start to think the books are valuable. When in actual fact it is simply that they haven't started to churn onto the secondary market yet.

I looked at my copies last night, and I'm still seething that I paid HarperCollins full price for them. At best one could call them low-end paperbacks badly glued into cardboard/cloth.

Near Fine?..... Yeah, right. The damage from the removed bookplate / library plate (whatever it was) is really pretty nasty and the DJ isn't in fab shape. I don't know why sellers feel the need to exaggerate their gradings so much with Tolkien books.

eBay Item #131758957684

I wonder how many times 1973Lee1973 can put the same book up for sale, have it appear to sell and then list it again.

I'm have a feeling it also showed as selling for the 400-pounds-ish price prior to this date range, as that was what flagged me to keep an eye on it and see if it kept popping back up, due to my natural suspicion of eBay sellers.

(and yes, despite appearing to sell again most recently on the 29th, it is back up for sale again today).

Something not quite right here.

If I recall correctly he claims that they are new/different books but that he just uses the same/old photos i.e. "stock photos". Obviously, that's perfectly possible (& perhaps this is what you're seeing), but it should clearly state that in his auction listings (which it does not).

Either way, it's pretty annoying.

BH

Khamûl wrote:
If I recall correctly he claims that they are new/different books but that he just uses the same/old photos i.e. "stock photos". Obviously, that's perfectly possible (& perhaps this is what you're seeing), but it should clearly state that in his auction listings (which it does not).

Either way, it's pretty annoying.

BH

Unstated stock photos is pretty much a cardinal sin when selling books. Grrr. Seems odd that he would have so many of the exact same sets, mind...

eBay Item #231944670339

Generally they are available only with the spine title faded to white.

The fabled white lettered Silmarillion...

BH

A great investment

"The book cover is slightly worn which adds to it's character! It can also easily be restored. Because of the condition of the book I have thought very carefully about the price and making sure it is listed at a fair price. This particular second edition, seventh impression is estimated at around £1,240.10."

eBay Item #222142582936

Blech. That's not "character".