Try Renaissance Wax on the buckram and the hot foil stamping. It works great. It may not remove the mark, but helps seal it against further damage, and sometimes the marks to do away. It will really bring out the shine on the stampings as well. Great Stuff!!

OK thanks!

Bruffyboy, you're going to have to take a few pictures of your collection (to show us) --which must, now, be swiftly taking on a fair size...

BH

This is the bulk of it - sorry for the poor picture quality, my decent camera is currently out of action.

All in all I am very happy with what I have got hold of in six months.

Nice. I have a question, though - what is that three-book set next to CoH? I don't have one of those.

Indeed. Is it a (DM?) custom slipcase with Poems & Stories, & Unwin Hyman H & LR perhaps?

BH

'Indeed. Is it a (DM?) custom slipcase with Poems & Stories, & Unwin Hyman H & LR perhaps?'

It is indeed! I have the boxes, but much prefer to see those lovely spines. The slipcase is one of David Miller's and I love it!

But you can see the spines with their own original slipcases...

BH

Ah, I thought so. I have first printings of those books; but only LotR is in a slipcase. The others are in boxes.

Must say the DM slipcase looks good, but for myself, I think the original boxes etc are an integral part of the book.

One of my Crimbo pressies:

http://collectingtolkien.blogspot.com ... d-and-gudrun-de-luxe.html

Only a quick post, but anything longer and it won't get done right now!