I'm hoping someone may have a little info on this 'card' that was found in a 1st impression of Sir Gawain. A fellow Tolkien Collector asked me if I might have run across one like this, and I have not. He says, 'I ordered a mid-conditioned first (1925) of SIR GAWAIN for my son as a Christmas gift in 2017. It needs some tightening and a few other minor repairs, so I'll leave it for a few weeks with a quality book repair/restoration person. Anyhow, when I opened the book, I found the below 'card'. Printed on a lightweight paper stock , I'm pretty sure both signatures are 'printed' (not original). Still, it's an odd thing. Have you encountered similar 'with compliments' cards for SG? The informality of it - with the crossed out words - interested me (copied below)."

Any thoughts or info would be appreciated,

It looks like it was done by an employee of the Oxford University Press, who crossed out the original text and wrote in Tolkien & Gordon's names.

I have not seen anything like this before.

me neither
a nice extra though