Indeed. I can do without a book that costs £100, but is worth less than half that; although, we'll see what the final price is. I only need two volumes to complete my HoME set --& this ain't one of them!

BH

I think I paid about 35-40 pounds for my copy, three or four years ago. It was and is in perfect condition. This one on eBay looks like it has a bit of wear (from the little that can be seen).

I was also one of the bidders on the book, but it seems someone really wants to have it, so I left the field. :)

It would be great to own this edition but over 100 pounds is a little bit to much for it, in my opinion.

@sami1066:
It took me some time to get the edition you mentioned, but I wouldn´t call it rare.

I've got two since i started this thread, after 18 months though, id say its rare(ish) but not scarce enough to be highly sought after, and I think there was only one impression.

I think there were at least three impressions, thanks to Deagol.

http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=64400