I have looked at this, it appears that ebay confirm to any country that you have ordered from, as a buyer you will not have to pay any import tax (or in the UK VAT on items delivered).

Sorry I struggle with ebays statement, they do not control Customs control

You are correct, one thing that is used over and over again, is that Tolkien needed influences and had no imagination

This is incorrect in nearly every case, but I think this may have some validity, interesting to see comments.

I think the description from the seller of the following applies to both books, and garm's

"by laurel on 2013/3/30 17:12:28

Blimey I hate to see an an utterly appalling copy !

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J-R-R-Tolki ... em53f6f75dce#ht_244wt_912"

"good condition" should be "Crap copy!"

He has re-listed his 1966 Hobbit with 1975 on the copyright page, too many problems from this seller for me

I sorry but this seller should know better than to advertise this item as a 1966 or 1968 Hobbit, when in the pictures you can see it is a 1975 Hobbit.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOLKIEN-THE ... ction&hash=item1e7714f279

Some very confused quotes from the seller, seems to like Capitals for some reason.

"TOLKIEN: THE HOBBIT; UK 3RD EDITION 1966 HB DW - RARE LORD OF THE RINGS RELATED

TRUE UK 3RD EDITION 10TH PRINT

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968 (10th impression)"

That would be 1975 (the 10th printing of the Third Edition was printed in 1975), where has 1966 or 1968 come from?