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New England Book Auction - Early US Hobbit and 1st Beowulf
18 Apr, 2021
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2021-4-18 2:52:13 AM UTC
2021-4-18 2:52:13 AM UTC
New England Book Auctions have two Tolkien lots in their April 27 Auction titled 'CATALOGUE 494 GRAPHICS, EPHEMERA & LITERATURE, INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM MADELEINE L'ENGLE'S LIBRARY". The Hobbit lot is from the library of Madeleine L'Engle and has her ownership signature and inscription in it.
Tolkien, J. R. R. Beowulf. The Monsters and the Critics. 53 pages. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers (chipped at margins; lacking paper spine, pencil annotations by Henry Bosley Woolf. London, [1937] [150/250] FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. Hammond & Anderson A2.
Woolf once wrote to Tolkien, and received a response in 1951.
Sold for high bid of $180
The Hobbit. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's cloth, dust jacket (chipped with loss); moderate wear. Boston, (1930s) [250/350] Eighth Impression. Hugh & Madeleine Franklin's (L'Engle) copies with her inscription on the front decorated endpaper and ink address stamp on the front free blank endpaper.
Sold for high bid of $2750
Lot 205
Tolkien, J. R. R. Beowulf. The Monsters and the Critics. 53 pages. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers (chipped at margins; lacking paper spine, pencil annotations by Henry Bosley Woolf. London, [1937] [150/250] FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. Hammond & Anderson A2.
Woolf once wrote to Tolkien, and received a response in 1951.
Sold for high bid of $180
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The Hobbit. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's cloth, dust jacket (chipped with loss); moderate wear. Boston, (1930s) [250/350] Eighth Impression. Hugh & Madeleine Franklin's (L'Engle) copies with her inscription on the front decorated endpaper and ink address stamp on the front free blank endpaper.
Sold for high bid of $2750
Noticed a damaged letter on page 53, which I had not spotted before.
"These look like good blades", the 'k' in 'look' is damaged. It appears like this from the 1951 (5th Impression) until the text is reset for the 3rd edition 1966 (16th Impression).
"These look like good blades", the 'k' in 'look' is damaged. It appears like this from the 1951 (5th Impression) until the text is reset for the 3rd edition 1966 (16th Impression).
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