I've been enjoying everyone's recent aquisition posts, come them coming!
Here are some (but not all) of the items added to the collection under The Hill over the past few months.
Published in two volume sets by Every Man's Library starting in 1907. Pictured are two sets from 1915 and 1932 from left to right. Tolkien also had copies of these in his library.
The somewhat mythical 16th printing and 1st thus in this paperback edition, published by GA&U 1966.
One of 500 copies of Tolkien's lecture published for the British Academy in 1937.
Unnumbered copy of the 25 1st printings that were bound and sold through Temple Book Binders in 1998. This is outside of the 25, perhaps a proof copy that was used from the rest of the volumes.
Published by ADC books and limited to 100 copies, triple signed by the contributors. This is copy number 46.
Both prints are from the 1960's and both are signed by Sir Stanley Unwin.
Published by Rayner Unwin in 1992, this is a deluxe volume bound in Italian handmade marbled paper, was reissued in 2018 limited to 12 copies, this is copy number 3.
1st print from 1938. Oxford University Press. Tolkien helped with 'Introduction Part II - Greek Poetry in Translation'.
Here are some (but not all) of the items added to the collection under The Hill over the past few months.
The Kalevala
Published in two volume sets by Every Man's Library starting in 1907. Pictured are two sets from 1915 and 1932 from left to right. Tolkien also had copies of these in his library.
The Hobbit
The somewhat mythical 16th printing and 1st thus in this paperback edition, published by GA&U 1966.
Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
One of 500 copies of Tolkien's lecture published for the British Academy in 1937.
Roverandom
Unnumbered copy of the 25 1st printings that were bound and sold through Temple Book Binders in 1998. This is outside of the 25, perhaps a proof copy that was used from the rest of the volumes.
Black and White Ogre Country
Published by ADC books and limited to 100 copies, triple signed by the contributors. This is copy number 46.
The Truth About Publishing & The Truth About a Publisher
Both prints are from the 1960's and both are signed by Sir Stanley Unwin.
The Making of the Lord of the Rings
Published by Rayner Unwin in 1992, this is a deluxe volume bound in Italian handmade marbled paper, was reissued in 2018 limited to 12 copies, this is copy number 3.
The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation
1st print from 1938. Oxford University Press. Tolkien helped with 'Introduction Part II - Greek Poetry in Translation'.
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