This is a first impression HardCover of THE SILMARILLION by J. R. R. Tolkien.
This Hardcover is in mint condition. I have been collecting Tolkien for 20 years so I am very careful with my books.
This Copy still has the dust jacket.
I had an appraisal done on this book by PBA GAllery, It is worth between $150 and $380
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$380? Think I should just sell up the collection and retire to the south of France with Christopher then...
Note the Buy-It-Now price --$135!
BH
The auction has finished, but look at the price --£159.90!!? Surely this is inside bidding, or something?
BH
THE SILMARILLION Howe CENTENARY Lord of Rings Tolkien
BH
THE SILMARILLION Howe CENTENARY Lord of Rings Tolkien
Well it is £154 more than I paid for my copy
How rare are these copies (possibly a very large number could have been issued with the replacement dust-jacket)?
How rare are these copies (possibly a very large number could have been issued with the replacement dust-jacket)?
Now that I actually read the description (of the auction I flagged), it makes even less sense!
It's claiming it's the "inbetween edition" (presumably referring to the use of the Howe jackets, by HC, on old GA&U stock) --but talks about a full line number being present! GA&U didn't use line numbers, so if one is present, it clearly ain't a GA&U book. And, the jackets went on the old 2nd impressions left over, not (to my knowledge) any first impressions. So, in conclusion, a total muddle of an auction!
BH
It's claiming it's the "inbetween edition" (presumably referring to the use of the Howe jackets, by HC, on old GA&U stock) --but talks about a full line number being present! GA&U didn't use line numbers, so if one is present, it clearly ain't a GA&U book. And, the jackets went on the old 2nd impressions left over, not (to my knowledge) any first impressions. So, in conclusion, a total muddle of an auction!
BH
This looks like a rip-off on several levels -
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Miniature-Book ... ain_0&hash=item1c1fbe808a
- is it worth bothering our heads about?
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Miniature-Book ... ain_0&hash=item1c1fbe808a
- is it worth bothering our heads about?
I don't think the little books are worth getting too stressed about. They only contain one chapter. I really think HC and HM are big and bad enough to look after themselves.