http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Hobbit- ... ction&hash=item4ab06df7b9

£888 each and they claim to have sold 53

That's a sure fire way to earn yourself a tidy £50,000!
(Trotter, where you been? Were you on holiday or something?)

BH

Read the detail of this item, it's quite funny...

Uber Rare! LOTR Lord of the Rings NPR Wood BOX Signed Christopher Tolkien PROMO

BH

But the story sounds so legitimate... :)

Christopher Tolkien on NPR

*puts on glasses... so, that's Christopher Tolkein, signing in the year of Our Lord 211, is it?

- and no cassettes, neither. Bummer!

Why bother?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Hobbit-by ... tible&hash=item3f1a9ad37b

A rare chance to buy the copy of the Hobbit that Peter Jackson is using for the third film,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Hobbit- ... tible&hash=item4ab6fc2e52

I know when I'm looking for a copy of The Lord of the Rings, I usually type in "collectible book" on eBay. :)

At least, the price is reasonable... :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/collectible-b ... tible&hash=item41691d3efb

"This is the 1st American edition (Third Impression). This book was made using the original sheets produced by the publisher Allen & Unwin in Great Britain. In other words, what we have here is a first edition in the truest sense of the word."

"A first edition in the truest sense of the word" would be a first impression, not a third. What kind of nonsense is this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1st-Edition-T ... tible&hash=item3f1ac3ae03

Hmmm. It's not a third impression either. The dual A&U-HM imprint on the title page dates it to the 1960s, so (from memory) more likely an 11th, 12th or 13th impression.