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Last additions to the N煤men贸rean Collection 馃摎
25 Dec, 2023
2023-12-25 6:49:25 PM UTC
2023-12-25 6:49:25 PM UTC
Hi guys! Wishing you happy holidays again, I'm happy to show you some acquisitions of the last 5-6 months, mainly recent publications, but with some interesting findings from the past. Still eagerly waiting for the catalogue of the Rome exhibition.
- A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District (1928, ex-library rebound copy)
- Sir Orfeo (1961 reprint)
- Piers Plowman with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (2001, "Millennium Project" edition)
- The Hobbit illustrated by J. Catlin (2013, deluxe edition, still sealed)
- Tree and Leaf (1975, reset 10th impr.)
- The Silmarillion read by A. Serkis
- Letters from Father Christmas ("new" 2023 deluxe edition)
- Father Christmas Letters (1998 miniature book, 1st impr.)
- Letters from Father Christmas (2023)
- The Hobbit illustrated by the Author (2023, trade and deluxe edition)
- The Battle of Maldon (2023, trade and deluxe edition)
- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (2023)
- The Road Goes Ever On (2023)
- The History of Middle-earth Boxed set #1 (2023)
- Following the trails of Tolkien and the medieval imaginary world. Paintings and drawings of John Howe (2023)
- The Art of The Lord of the Rings (2023)
- The Art of The Hobbit (2023)
- Beowulf and the North before the Vikings by T. Shippey (2022)
- Il Lai di Aotrou e Itroun (2023, finally translated and readable in Italian)
- A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District (1928, ex-library rebound copy)
- Sir Orfeo (1961 reprint)
- Piers Plowman with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (2001, "Millennium Project" edition)
- The Hobbit illustrated by J. Catlin (2013, deluxe edition, still sealed)
- Tree and Leaf (1975, reset 10th impr.)
- The Silmarillion read by A. Serkis
- Letters from Father Christmas ("new" 2023 deluxe edition)
- Father Christmas Letters (1998 miniature book, 1st impr.)
- Letters from Father Christmas (2023)
- The Hobbit illustrated by the Author (2023, trade and deluxe edition)
- The Battle of Maldon (2023, trade and deluxe edition)
- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (2023)
- The Road Goes Ever On (2023)
- The History of Middle-earth Boxed set #1 (2023)
- Following the trails of Tolkien and the medieval imaginary world. Paintings and drawings of John Howe (2023)
- The Art of The Lord of the Rings (2023)
- The Art of The Hobbit (2023)
- Beowulf and the North before the Vikings by T. Shippey (2022)
- Il Lai di Aotrou e Itroun (2023, finally translated and readable in Italian)
Thank you, guys! 
I bought it from Kennys (https://www.kennys.ie/shop/letters-from-father-christmas-2), a month and a half ago. It was a sort of gamble, as they (although very kind!) cannot check the copyright page as the book is sealed. But I suppose they only have the new editions in stock now, and no longer the 2019 ones.
Prices on the site fluctuate - when I purchased it, the price was around 40 euros.
Arbor wrote:
Looking for "Letters from Father Christmas ("new" 2023 deluxe edition)"
Where did you find a 2023 edition deluxe?
I bought it from Kennys (https://www.kennys.ie/shop/letters-from-father-christmas-2), a month and a half ago. It was a sort of gamble, as they (although very kind!) cannot check the copyright page as the book is sealed. But I suppose they only have the new editions in stock now, and no longer the 2019 ones.
Prices on the site fluctuate - when I purchased it, the price was around 40 euros.
Hi guys!
Not many interesting arrivals in the last few months, but I would like to share this one with you.
I bought a copy of The Father Christmas Letters (1976) and it came to me along with a handwritten letter from Priscilla Tolkien, dated November 21st, 2001. The recipient of the letter was Anne Harvey (here's her obituary in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023 ... 13/anne-harvey-obituary).
In the letter she refers to "Elizabeth's death" and the "funeral and the gathering afterwards" - Tolkien family's friend Elizabeth Jennings, perhaps? She died on October 26th, 2001. In the letter Priscilla wrote that "She [Elizabeth] has left us some memorable poems and writing".
As a side note, browsing the web I found that at the University of Manchester Library there is a collection of "corresp, papers, news cuttings, and some publications by and rel to Elizabeth Jennings collected by Priscilla Tolkien" (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17000087).
Will I ever get a letter from JRRT? I don't know, most likely not. But in the meantime I like to have in my collection a letter written by his beloved daughter Priscilla (I wonder if it is an authentic letter - I hope so!).
Not many interesting arrivals in the last few months, but I would like to share this one with you.
I bought a copy of The Father Christmas Letters (1976) and it came to me along with a handwritten letter from Priscilla Tolkien, dated November 21st, 2001. The recipient of the letter was Anne Harvey (here's her obituary in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023 ... 13/anne-harvey-obituary).
In the letter she refers to "Elizabeth's death" and the "funeral and the gathering afterwards" - Tolkien family's friend Elizabeth Jennings, perhaps? She died on October 26th, 2001. In the letter Priscilla wrote that "She [Elizabeth] has left us some memorable poems and writing".
As a side note, browsing the web I found that at the University of Manchester Library there is a collection of "corresp, papers, news cuttings, and some publications by and rel to Elizabeth Jennings collected by Priscilla Tolkien" (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17000087).
Will I ever get a letter from JRRT? I don't know, most likely not. But in the meantime I like to have in my collection a letter written by his beloved daughter Priscilla (I wonder if it is an authentic letter - I hope so!).
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