Bubb Kuyper in The Netherlands has two Tolkien related lots for sale this week. Use the link above to contact sales reps for more information. Prices seem remarkably low, so someone over there (or willing to bid remotely) might get a good deal. If anyone tries to see these or buy them, let me know how it goes! I haven't dealt with Bubb Kuyper before. These lots are being sold on WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2007, 7.00 pm


47/2681
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. London, Allen & Unwin, 1956-1957, 3 vols., 5th/ 5th/ 3rd impression, 423,(1); 352; 416p., 3 fold. maps, 1 map in text, orig. unif. cl. Idem. The Silmarillion. Ed. C. Tolkien. Ibid., idem, 1977, 365p., fold. map, orig. cl. w. dustwr. (fine).
= First edition for the English domestic market (an earlier edition without price on dustwr., which was published for the export market), is considered to be the true 1st ed.).
AND 10 others, i.a. J. FRAME, To the Is-land. An autobiography (New York, 1982, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and P. MORTIMER, About time (London, 1979, 1st ed., orig. boards w. (price-clipped) dustwr.).

Estimate: €(100-150)

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Tolkien, J.R.R. In de ban van de ring. Dutch transl. M. Schuchart. Utr./ Antw., Het Spectrum, 1957, 3 vols., 467; 394; 431,(1)p., 2 fold. maps (1x loose in pocket), orig. unif. cl.
- Covers sl. stained.
= First edition of the Dutch translation. 1. De reisgenoten. 2. De twee torens. 3. De terugkeer van de koning.

Estimate: €(50-70)