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Can anyone help with this question?
Can anyone help with this question?
Feb 2
Does anybody have more information on the following private edition, 7 copies only :
Asking on behalf of an email from thorntonbookswim@gmail.com
Is this Alexander out there/ known to anyone?
J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others. Songs for the Philologists.
A collection of thirty poems and songs, thirteen of which are by J.R.R. Tolkien
and
For W.H.A. - in Modern and Old English.
Assembled for Jane’s 28th birthday – 12 July 2012 ( 7 copies printed) From Alexander
Added is an explanation:
the 1st Edition [ of Songs…) was issued in 1936 and privately printed at the Department of English, University College. London. Printed in 1936, Songs for the Philologists.
was not distributed due to permissions not being obtained from Tolkien and
Gordon. Most copies were destroyed by enemy action in 1940. An unknown
number survived – according to one report “more than thirteen”
--
Wim Meeuws, ABA, ILAB
Thornton's Bookshop
The Old Barn - Walnut Court
Faringdon
SN7 7JH
United Kingdom
Asking on behalf of an email from thorntonbookswim@gmail.com
Is this Alexander out there/ known to anyone?
J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others. Songs for the Philologists.
A collection of thirty poems and songs, thirteen of which are by J.R.R. Tolkien
and
For W.H.A. - in Modern and Old English.
Assembled for Jane’s 28th birthday – 12 July 2012 ( 7 copies printed) From Alexander
Added is an explanation:
the 1st Edition [ of Songs…) was issued in 1936 and privately printed at the Department of English, University College. London. Printed in 1936, Songs for the Philologists.
was not distributed due to permissions not being obtained from Tolkien and
Gordon. Most copies were destroyed by enemy action in 1940. An unknown
number survived – according to one report “more than thirteen”
--
Wim Meeuws, ABA, ILAB
Thornton's Bookshop
The Old Barn - Walnut Court
Faringdon
SN7 7JH
United Kingdom
Trotter wrote:
Does anybody have more information on the following private edition, 7 copies only :
Asking on behalf of an email from thorntonbookswim@gmail.com
Is this Alexander out there/ known to anyone?
J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others. Songs for the Philologists.
A collection of thirty poems and songs, thirteen of which are by J.R.R. Tolkien
and
For W.H.A. - in Modern and Old English.
Assembled for Jane’s 28th birthday – 12 July 2012 ( 7 copies printed) From Alexander
Added is an explanation:
the 1st Edition [ of Songs…) was issued in 1936 and privately printed at the Department of English, University College. London. Printed in 1936, Songs for the Philologists.
was not distributed due to permissions not being obtained from Tolkien and
Gordon. Most copies were destroyed by enemy action in 1940. An unknown
number survived – according to one report “more than thirteen”
--
Wim Meeuws, ABA, ILAB
Thornton's Bookshop
The Old Barn - Walnut Court
Faringdon
SN7 7JH
United Kingdom
Not aware of it. Be interested to see how it compared to my private edition of 14, though, if anyone does know of it.
Agreed! It does sound like a bit of a hodge-podge based on the bookseller description... perhaps he would be willing to share some pictures.
Looks like someone bought it. I should sell my last spare copy on Abe for £85 (would screw up my deliberate choice to not make a profit from them, though).
Edit: If anyone wants a copy of Songs for the Philologists (2017), they can have it for $50 donation, which will go to the local cat shelter. Plus postage at cost. The copy is numbered as "PROOF/14", but is otherwise identical to the other 14 numbered copies (and is the last one).
Edit: If anyone wants a copy of Songs for the Philologists (2017), they can have it for $50 donation, which will go to the local cat shelter. Plus postage at cost. The copy is numbered as "PROOF/14", but is otherwise identical to the other 14 numbered copies (and is the last one).
Urulöké wrote:
Well as I think I mentioned before, I will take it off your hands if no-one else wants it
I'll give a couple of days for someone who hasn't already got a copy (and who meets my notoriously fickle and unreasonable vetting criteria) to step in, and if they don't, your cat shelter donation will be gratefully accepted.
Stu wrote:
Urulöké wrote:
Well as I think I mentioned before, I will take it off your hands if no-one else wants it
I'll give a couple of days for someone who hasn't already got a copy (and who meets my notoriously fickle and unreasonable vetting criteria) to step in, and if they don't, your cat shelter donation will be gratefully accepted.
...then I'm glad to have withstood your vetting, Stu...
Thank you for reservation of No 12
OK, so the tins of cat-food will be winging their way to the Queenstown cat shelter courtesy of Tolkieniano, who will be getting the 0th copy out of 14, and Ithildin will be getting number 12.
Sorry, Uruloke, you will have to continue to live with only one copy. I'm the only one with two (No.1 and No. 14, because I am a greedy bastard).
Sorry, Uruloke, you will have to continue to live with only one copy. I'm the only one with two (No.1 and No. 14, because I am a greedy bastard).