AlsoPhilomythos wrote:
Dagoth wrote:
I’m just not going to post anymore. I grow weary of these constant bickerings.
One search on eBay for 1st edition GA&U Tolkien will show almost all of it is listed from overseas. Doesn’t matter if it’s found it’s way into the states and into collector’s hands. Do I need to write an essay for every off the cuff statement I make? This is a forum. If every comment is meant to be taken as a factual guide with cited and annotated sources I think you’ve misunderstood what a forum is supposed to be. Besides, the argument that it’s not vs the argument that it is in itself is an illogical fallacy. There’s no actual evidence for either, so both statements are incorrect.
Just here to say I love the idea of an “illogical fallacy” ? Is that like a syllogism?
Who said you need to include all of that? Not I, what you call off the cuff, I call misleading. This is the Tolkien Collector's Guide. I think you've misunderstood what a guide website for collecting is supposed to be. You'll find members here do not make definitive statements about aspects of collecting they are not that familiar with and if they do they are asked to prove it, just like you are being asked to.
Tiny Turtle wrote:
Dagoth wrote:
Very nice!
I’ve been looking for one for a while. Where did you buy this one from? Also curious what you paid if I may.
I bought it from a bookshop in Canterbury for just over £300 for them which seemed reasonable considering their condition. I have no idea if that's their market value, I just couldn't resist and would have paid more.Roccondil wrote:
That's a very nice set - as good as any you might hope to find. You're building a good range of UK LOTR hardbacks. What impressions are your first editions?
Thanks :) They're 8/7/7 and are in very nice condition, the dust jackets have some spotting and are slightly tanned especially on the spine but the books are wonderful: the red on top of the pages is really vibrant and they have very little foxing and no inscriptions or map tears.
May I ask which bookshop in Canterbury? I swear every time I go to a bookshop there, I never see any Tolkien books apart from the ones with movie covers.
Also congrats! That's a really nice find.
I wanted to share my recent acquisition which is a mint boxed set of the LOTR Millennium Edition published by Harper Collins in 1999. I have been looking for a mint copy for a while. They do come up on ABE and eBay, but frequently in a used and rather battered state.
I remember pondering over this edition in Foyles in London when it was first published. Back then I was a devoted Tolkien reader but not yet a serious collector. I dismissed it a bit of a gimmick and a cash cow (it is, really). I dismissed the claim that it was how Tolkien originally wanted to publish the LOTR as sales patter - again, I think it was sales patter. Nevertheless, it is a rather attractive edition. The individual hardbacks are nicely designed and quite sturdy. Each volume is small, handy and portable. The box set design and the included CD are rather nice. However, I'm still not a fan of the individual lettering of Tolkien's name across each volume, but that's a small niggle.
As a Brit and collector of primarily British editions, I wanted the Harper Collins version rather than the Houghton Miflin one. There seems to be more of the latter available. Most of the copies I found on eBay and Abe were used and a bit beaten up. I found this set on eBay from a seller in France. It's absolutely mint, brand new and unread. The seller assured me he only removed the shrink-wrap to photograph the books and the CD, and the condition seems to affirm that.
As to price, I undoubtedly paid too much. With shipping it came to about £315.00. Copies can be had cheaper but I saw no other copies that ticked all the boxes (mint + UK + CD) so I swallowed the price and I'm very happy with it.
I remember pondering over this edition in Foyles in London when it was first published. Back then I was a devoted Tolkien reader but not yet a serious collector. I dismissed it a bit of a gimmick and a cash cow (it is, really). I dismissed the claim that it was how Tolkien originally wanted to publish the LOTR as sales patter - again, I think it was sales patter. Nevertheless, it is a rather attractive edition. The individual hardbacks are nicely designed and quite sturdy. Each volume is small, handy and portable. The box set design and the included CD are rather nice. However, I'm still not a fan of the individual lettering of Tolkien's name across each volume, but that's a small niggle.
As a Brit and collector of primarily British editions, I wanted the Harper Collins version rather than the Houghton Miflin one. There seems to be more of the latter available. Most of the copies I found on eBay and Abe were used and a bit beaten up. I found this set on eBay from a seller in France. It's absolutely mint, brand new and unread. The seller assured me he only removed the shrink-wrap to photograph the books and the CD, and the condition seems to affirm that.
As to price, I undoubtedly paid too much. With shipping it came to about £315.00. Copies can be had cheaper but I saw no other copies that ticked all the boxes (mint + UK + CD) so I swallowed the price and I'm very happy with it.
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