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134293937408
Seller: stevelaker76
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London, GB
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Ended Oct 31, 2022 6:10:40 PM
Category: Home, Furniture & DIY:Home Décor:Posters & Prints
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A boxed set of four hand numbered fine art prints (measuring: 300 x 400 mm), ideal for framing. Includes a booklet detailing the provenance of each printNumbered 190 of 250 limited edition print. RRP is £150, so it's a good chance of a bargain for someone.(https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/hobbit-print-portfolio-set?_pos=1&_sid=2958c5f06&_ss=r)Comprising of Tolkien's original artwork the Hobbit, as drawn by Tolkien himself. They were produced for a 2018 exhibition at the Bodleian Library who hold the Tolkien archive. The set includes Tolkien’s painting of the dust jacket for The Hobbit, revealing Tolkien’s plea to his first publisher, Stanley Unwin, to print the sun in red and culminating in the underlined instructions to his printer on the reverse of the painting ‘IGNORE RED’. Printed in the UK exclusively for the Bodleian Libraries, University of OxfordThis was bought as a present but never opened or unpackaged so it is in its original box and wrapping.
Submitted by: Mr. Underhill