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Lot 438 Tolkien (J.R.R.) A Middle English Vocabulary, first edition, first impression

Tolkien (J.R.R.) A Middle English Vocabulary, first edition, first impression, original printed wrappers in first state without advertisements printed on front free endpapers, light rubbing to edges, spine splitting and fraying with portions missing to ends, 8vo, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1922.

Estimate - £600-£800
Sold for £937 inc fees

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Lot 439 - Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, frontispiece, one plate and 8 illustrations, including 7 full-page, map endpapers printed in red and black, all by the author, 2pp. advertisements, 1 plate detached, light marking and soiling to margins, lower split but holding, light foxing and marking to endpapers, remains of library labels to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, shelf-lean, spine darkened, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, remains of label to foot of upper cover, light soiling, 8vo, 1937.

Estimate £4000-£6000
Sold for £7500 inc fees

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Lot 440 - Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., 1954.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, second impression, 1954; The Two Towers, first impression, 1954; The Return of the King, first impression, 1955, first editions, folding maps, last two with light browning to front free endpapers, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends, Two Towers with staining to lower cover and affecting jacket, dust-jackets, some light surface soiling, spines lightly faded with ends a little frayed and nicked, but otherwise a bright and excellent set, 8vo.

Estimate £6000-£8000
Sold for £9375 inc fees

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