General Topics >> Heritage Auctions lots ending March 7 - LOTR early set and 1920 Book of Fairy Poetry
Heritage Auctions lots ending March 7 - LOTR early set and 1920 Book of Fairy Poetry
14 Feb, 2018
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2018-2-14 8:08:04 PM UTC
2018-2-14 8:08:04 PM UTC
Heritage Auctions latest auction has two Tolkien related lots that may be of interest. The auction ends March 7, 2018 with live bidding, but online bids are accepted at any time.
J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings. London: [1959-1960]. First edition, later printings
The Fellowship of the Ring. London: George Allen and Unwin, [1960]. First edition, eighth impression. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth, in original dust jacket. Cloth edgeworn and rubbed. Jacket soiled and worn at edges; spine ends chipped; wear at folds. Interior toned with occasional touches of thumbsoiling. [Together with:] The Two Towers. London: George Allen and Unwin, [1959]. First edition, sixth impression. Octavo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket soiled overall; corners and spine ends frayed with some creasing around spine; spine darkened; reddish dampstain to front panel near joint. Cloth dampstained along lower edge interior toned; several pages dogeared. [And:] The Return of the King. London: George Allen and Unwin, [1959]. First edition, fifth impression. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket soiled; front panel rubbed; large dampstain to rear panel; spine ends chipped with resulting creases; folds worn. Cloth dampstained; mild toning to pages. Each volume in good condition overall, housed together in a custom slipcase. From the Collection of Daniel J. King.
[J. R. R. Tolkien, contributor]. Dora Owen, editor. The Book of Fairy Poetry. London: 1920.
[J. R. R. Tolkien, contributor]. [Warick Goble, illustrator]. Dora Owen, editor. The Book of Fairy Poetry. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920. First edition. Large octavo. [4], x, 180 pages; frontispiece and fifteen illustrated plates tipped to heavy green paper and inserted throughout, tissue guards. Recent dark blue crushed morocco, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, compartments lettered or stamped in gilt; boards tooled in gilt; marbled endpapers; original illustrated endpapers bound in at front, original cloth front cover and backstrip laid down and inserted at rear. Backstrip faintly dulled; boards very lightly rubbed. Text lightly tanned but pages still quite supple. Near fine. Includes the first illustrated publication of J. R. R. Tolkien's "Goblin's Feet." From a Private Collection in St. Charles, IL.
J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings. London: [1959-1960]. First edition, later printings
The Fellowship of the Ring. London: George Allen and Unwin, [1960]. First edition, eighth impression. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth, in original dust jacket. Cloth edgeworn and rubbed. Jacket soiled and worn at edges; spine ends chipped; wear at folds. Interior toned with occasional touches of thumbsoiling. [Together with:] The Two Towers. London: George Allen and Unwin, [1959]. First edition, sixth impression. Octavo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket soiled overall; corners and spine ends frayed with some creasing around spine; spine darkened; reddish dampstain to front panel near joint. Cloth dampstained along lower edge interior toned; several pages dogeared. [And:] The Return of the King. London: George Allen and Unwin, [1959]. First edition, fifth impression. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket soiled; front panel rubbed; large dampstain to rear panel; spine ends chipped with resulting creases; folds worn. Cloth dampstained; mild toning to pages. Each volume in good condition overall, housed together in a custom slipcase. From the Collection of Daniel J. King.
[J. R. R. Tolkien, contributor]. Dora Owen, editor. The Book of Fairy Poetry. London: 1920.
[J. R. R. Tolkien, contributor]. [Warick Goble, illustrator]. Dora Owen, editor. The Book of Fairy Poetry. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920. First edition. Large octavo. [4], x, 180 pages; frontispiece and fifteen illustrated plates tipped to heavy green paper and inserted throughout, tissue guards. Recent dark blue crushed morocco, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, compartments lettered or stamped in gilt; boards tooled in gilt; marbled endpapers; original illustrated endpapers bound in at front, original cloth front cover and backstrip laid down and inserted at rear. Backstrip faintly dulled; boards very lightly rubbed. Text lightly tanned but pages still quite supple. Near fine. Includes the first illustrated publication of J. R. R. Tolkien's "Goblin's Feet." From a Private Collection in St. Charles, IL.
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