To return to the posts by Onónion and Gawain on 2 June about the Sigurd and Gudrun with cover art by Arthur Rackham, we've just had the annoying experience of ordering one of these from a German seller on eBay, only to receive the HarperCollins trade paperback with the standard cover. We complained that the book isn't as represented, and were offered half of our cost as a refund. In an apology, the seller (a firm) said that it relies on its suppliers to provide descriptions and images, rather than producing them from copies in hand. We've suggested that in future they should include a disclaimer to this effect.
Other sellers on eBay have also listed copies with the Rackham cover. We supposed from the location of the sellers, Germany and Australia, that it was either a book club edition or one printed solely for export, but now we wonder if any copies ever had that cover, if the art was preliminary and ultimately rejected but got out for advertising purposes.
Wayne & Christina
Other sellers on eBay have also listed copies with the Rackham cover. We supposed from the location of the sellers, Germany and Australia, that it was either a book club edition or one printed solely for export, but now we wonder if any copies ever had that cover, if the art was preliminary and ultimately rejected but got out for advertising purposes.
Wayne & Christina
I noticed this auction today
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JRR-Tolkien-Hob ... ks_UK&hash=item5888593a29
It is nice to be able to refer to such excellent resources as "J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography" by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas Anderson and send them an email stating
"I noticed you listed this item as "leather bound", it is actually bound "in green imitation leather over boards" according to "J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography" by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas Anderson Page 59, and is confirmed by looking at my copy.
Regards
Andrew"
I forgot to mention no dust wrapper
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JRR-Tolkien-Hob ... ks_UK&hash=item5888593a29
It is nice to be able to refer to such excellent resources as "J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography" by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas Anderson and send them an email stating
"I noticed you listed this item as "leather bound", it is actually bound "in green imitation leather over boards" according to "J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography" by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas Anderson Page 59, and is confirmed by looking at my copy.
Regards
Andrew"
I forgot to mention no dust wrapper
Here is another interesting item currently listed on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0
Here is another interesting item currently listed on ebay http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0
This fake from one of eBay's notorious sellers has been on eBay before, I have reported it again to eBay as a forged signed item.
Have a look at this very long thread from another part of the forum and you'll see a lot about the problem with forged Tolkien signatures.
https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... hp?topic_id=1148&forum=18
If I remember rightly the first post was from a seller called classicart_uk and cavorite51 sells a lot of classicart_uk items.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0
https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... hp?topic_id=1148&forum=18
If I remember rightly the first post was from a seller called classicart_uk and cavorite51 sells a lot of classicart_uk items.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0
Well I don't think anyone here is qualified to argue with an Abebooks valuation
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Silmarillion-Tr ... ks_UK&hash=item3caf0dcd45
and of course, I didn't know this but
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Silmarillion-Tr ... ks_UK&hash=item3caf0dcd45
and of course, I didn't know this but
This book will only ever increase in value. If you take it to a tolkein convention, of which there are many up and down the country each year, you can usually get them signed by Christopher Tolkein, This almost automatically doubles the value.
Ah, yes - Christopher Tolkein. I've seen him doubling the values of many books at the tolkein conventions I've attended, up and down the country.
I have loads of Silmarillion's that Mr Tolkein could sign, does he make house calls when not attending conventions.