Cost per set of the 36 other sets--£10.84

Seems like a scam, though he probably just added an extra 8.

£88 is much more reasonable for that set. :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/J-R-R-Tolkien ... 58909082e7#ht_6242wt_1163

Looks like a £2-5 guild edition book in a photocopied 1937 dust jacket and then marketed as some sort of 'celebratory edition'.

Looks like a pro-seller trying to rip off a newbie collector to me.

Two posts in one day? Slowly, slowly...

BH

"Great if you only want to slap the jacket on a first edition. This one is identified as the 19th printing, though it lacks a date. We'd estimate 1940s. A British first edition could cost you as much as $50,000. It had the same jacket as this one."

Oh dear! Does this mean my "$50,000" GA&U Hobbit might have a 19th printing HM jacket on it?

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RARE 1940S THE HOBBIT J.R.R. TOLKIEN WITH GREAT DUST JACKET ILLUSTRATED FANTASY

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Seller: antiquebookcentral

(26910)

Ended Apr 8, 2012

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Another bizarre statement from FITS

"So few original jackets exist it was thought they didn't produce any due to paper shortages."

My copy has a dustwrapper, as did every copy that was made.

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J.R.R .Tolkien, The Hobbit 1st Edition, 3rd impression, 1942

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Seller: dogfark

(2284)

Ended Apr 11, 2012

This item ended more than 90 days ago

FITS also claims this to be one of:

"The extremely rare 3rd printing in which a large number were destroyed during bombing of London. "

This is another error - according to Hammond (p.15-16) it was 423 copies in sheets of the _2nd_ printing which were destroyed in the warehouse of the binders Key and Whiting on 7th November 1940. The planned 3rd imp. was delayed till December 1941, when plates were cast. Printing did not take place till late 1942 but, due to delays in binding, the 1,500 copies of the A&U 3rd imp. did not appear in the shops till 1943.

3,000 copies were supplied in sheets to Foyles for their Children's Book Club - as it happens, my Foyles copy has a dust-wrapper, but my A&U copy does not - but as Trotter says, they all had 'em.

BARGAIN ALERT!!

J R R Tolkien The Lord of The Rings One Volume Edition Brand New HC/1/1 (Starting bid: £244.99)

BH

Rare you say?

Rare ** 1st Edition J.R.R. Tolkien ** The Silmarillion, 2nd Impression

...oh, a second impression --that doesn't sound very collectable, or rare...

One of a few books from the limited 2nd only print run of the very first edition.

Hmmm...

BH

Rare you say?

Rare ** 1st Edition J.R.R. Tolkien ** The Silmarillion, 2nd Impression

...oh, a second impression --that doesn't sound very collectable, or rare...

One of a few books from the limited 2nd only print run of the very first edition.

Hmmm... I'm pretty sure this is incorrect...

BH