Bonham's upcoming auction titled FINE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, ATLASES AND HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS is scheduled for 27 Nov 2018, starting at 13:00 GMT and will take place in their London, Knightsbridge location. There are four Tolkien related lots in this auction - a first impression and a second impression of The Hobbit (neither with dustjacket), and two separate auctions of first impression sets of The Lord of the Rings, in differing conditions between the sets.
Lot 199 - The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, frontispiece and 9 plates or illustrations (all but one full-page), map endpapers (printed in red and black) by the author, publisher's green cloth, lettered and decorated in dark blue, top edge green, slightly leaning, spine a little dulled [Hammond A3(a)], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, [1937]. £ 2,000 - 4,000 (US$ 2,500 - 5,100)
Sold for £ 6,000 inc. premium
Lot 200 - The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien. FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, 13 plates and illustrations (4 colour), advertisement leaf, map endpapers by the author printed in red and black, publisher's pictorial light green cloth, light soiling, one corner slightly scuffed [cf. Hammond A3(a) and p.13], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, 1937. £ 600 - 800 (US$ 760 - 1,000)
Sold for £ 1,875 inc. premium
Lot 201 - The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, with "sagging text" on p.49 of "The Return", each with a folding map printed in red and black, publisher's red cloth, dust-jackets (unclipped, single light scratch on upper cover of 'Two Towers' but generally very clean), 8vo, George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1955. £ 6,000 - 8,000 (US$ 7,600 - 10,000)
Sold for £ 23,750 inc. premium
Lot 202 - The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, with "sagging text" on p.49 of "The Return", each with a folding map printed in red and black, publisher's red cloth (light dampstain on upper cover of "Fellowship" with colour bleeding onto inside of dust-jacket), dust-jackets (unclipped, "Fellowship" age soiled, slightly frayed at extremities, tear at upper joint and fore-edge, horizontal tear to spine; others with spines slightly dulled and heads frayed), 8vo, George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1955. £ 3,000 - 4,000 (US$ 3,800 - 5,100)
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