Bloomsbury Sale #697
Auction date: 29th October 2009
717. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, first edition, first impression , folding map, neat ownership inscription on front free endpaper, light tape burns to free endpapers, original cloth, very good, dust-jacket, dust-jacket, tape burns to 2 corners, splits and worn at foot of spine with some loss, 8vo, 1954.
est. £750 – £1000
Sold for £850
718. Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, 11th impression, 1961; The Two Towers, eighth impression, 1961; The Return of the King, 7th impression, 1961, first editions , maps, original cloth, dust-jackets, slight dulling to spines, small splits to corners and spine ends, otherwise very good, 8vo.
est. £200 – £300
Sold for £150
719. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, first combined paperback edition , original wrappers illustrated by Pauline Baynes, creased and rubbed, 8vo, 1968.
est. £120 – £180
Sold for £80
720. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, deluxe edition, map pastedowns, colour plates, original leather-backed cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends, slip-case, a near fine copy, 8vo, 1976.
est. £100 – £150
Sold for £110
721. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lost Road, first edition , original boards, dust-jacket, priced £16.95, very slight sunning to spine, a fine copy, 8vo, 1987.
est. £120 – £180
Unsold
est. £750 – £1000
Sold for £850
718. Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, 11th impression, 1961; The Two Towers, eighth impression, 1961; The Return of the King, 7th impression, 1961, first editions , maps, original cloth, dust-jackets, slight dulling to spines, small splits to corners and spine ends, otherwise very good, 8vo.
est. £200 – £300
Sold for £150
719. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, first combined paperback edition , original wrappers illustrated by Pauline Baynes, creased and rubbed, 8vo, 1968.
est. £120 – £180
Sold for £80
720. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, deluxe edition, map pastedowns, colour plates, original leather-backed cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends, slip-case, a near fine copy, 8vo, 1976.
est. £100 – £150
Sold for £110
721. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lost Road, first edition , original boards, dust-jacket, priced £16.95, very slight sunning to spine, a fine copy, 8vo, 1987.
est. £120 – £180
Unsold
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