Dagoths wrote:

In that 7th hobbit, I find it curious the actual book is in far worse state than the jacket itself. Swapped jacket? The spine looks blasted by the sun on the boards but the jacket looks really nice. Hmm.

I think you are correct about this book.

2nd Edition Hobbits without jackets are now going for what jacketed ones were just last year it seems.

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THE HOBBIT - 1ST EDITION - UK 10TH PRINTING - 1958 - 1/2500 - TOLKIEN 1937 LOTR

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Mr. Underhill wrote:

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J.R.R. Tolkien. The Two Towers. First American Edition. First Printing.

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Is this the best deal of 2023

I would be very surprised if it was.

Trotter wrote:

I would be very surprised if it was.

Hi Trotter

May I ask why you say this? See anything that I don't?

I bumped into this by chance and by the time I read the listing - looked at the pics and was ready to buy... it got away!

*Irrelevant question that I would find very useful - how do we 'mention' someone's name in this forum? Apologies if this is available elsewhere - could not find this info.

Demis wrote:

Trotter wrote:

I would be very surprised if it was.

Hi Trotter

May I ask why you say this? See anything that I don't?

I bumped into this by chance and by the time I read the listing - looked at the pics and was ready to buy... it got away!

*Irrelevant question that I would find very useful - how do we 'mention' someone's name in this forum? Apologies if this is available elsewhere - could not find this info.

You put a @ in front of the name, so to mention you I would use @Demis Demis

Nothing wrong with the listing, but I don't think it will be the best deal of 2023.

I think we will have a thread in December of this year, on the best deal of 2023, interested to see what members post

Trotter wrote:

Demis wrote:

Trotter wrote:

I would be very surprised if it was.

Hi Trotter

May I ask why you say this? See anything that I don't?

I bumped into this by chance and by the time I read the listing - looked at the pics and was ready to buy... it got away!

*Irrelevant question that I would find very useful - how do we 'mention' someone's name in this forum? Apologies if this is available elsewhere - could not find this info.

You put a @ in front of the name, so to mention you I would use @Demis Demis

Nothing wrong with the listing, but I don't think it will be the best deal of 2023.

I think we will have a thread in December of this year, on the best deal of 2023, interested to see what members post

Thank you Trotter - it would still have been a nice deal :)