I'm not in any way connected with this seller...

... but I was genuinely surprised at this going for £100 with only one bidder:
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The bidder was me!

Received the book today & it's in great shape. Book is "Fine", with pages still clinging together from having not been opened/browsed. Slipcase a little handled but nothing significant. All-in-all a decent price I thought. The seller also had vol. III up for the same price that failed to sell with no bidders. Now re-listed with £79.99 starting price:
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I'd suggest a pretty decent price for anyone still searching for one of these.

BH

I have not seen this before, a review copy of Farmer Giles of Ham from 1949. The item for sale looks like it has a water damage, which is a shame.

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RARE FIRST EDITION & REVIEW COPY FARMER GILES OF HAM J R R TOLKIEN HB DJ 12 PICS

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Seller: lansonvinyl

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Ended Nov 13, 2015

This item ended more than 90 days ago

I think publishers would offer a bit more today when sending out a review copy

This genuinely seems like quite a pile of stuff for £50 and no postage:
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BH

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Here is an odd item. The postcard found at the back of fireplace. Ok it is addressed to Tolkien and no doubt he handled it but is it worth more than a nominal amount? Not for me but maybe others think differently?

laurel wrote:
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Here is an odd item. The postcard found at the back of fireplace. Ok it is addressed to Tolkien and no doubt he handled it but is it worth more than a nominal amount? Not for me but maybe others think differently?

So either Edith or Ronald read it, and it was lost behind the fireplace. I would value it at about 50 pence, I assume that is what he is asking :)

He wants £795 for it, what a Numpty

The seller thinks it is Lin Carter who sent it, but no provenance is supplied for that suggestion, and I think there were a lot of people in 1960's, whose first name was Lin.

indeed
I am sure he would throw it in for free if you brought the fireplace at £70,000!

laurel wrote:
indeed
I am sure he would throw it in for free if you brought the fireplace at £70,000!

Ugh. The fireplace - Complete junk. I really hope that no one ever buys that piece of worthless scrap.

Might be of interest to someone as the set has the three paper inserts that often aren't included (especially the first one)

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