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1951 Hobbit, No jacket, £125

eBay Item #164113154788

Stu wrote:
1951 Hobbit, No jacket, £125

Guilty. Oh and btw, no, I don't snap things up first I moved from New York to Chicago about a year ago and have only had a small fraction of the time to dedicate to books that I used to when I was making the US TolkienBooks site. I used to check eBay all the time... now I'm lucky if I can check it once a day (though I guess that's still relatively often).

Shifted priorities and all. I miss doing the research though... and am a bit disappointed that I left some smaller Tolkien-related projects in limbo. But who wouldn't like to have more time for hobbies? Maybe if/when I'm house-bound for my inevitable two weeks I can get to some of them.

But very happy to be getting a UK 5th, even without a jacket. And I found a US 5th last week (first state, I only had the second state). A terrible ex-lib copy with jacket flaps pasted on the back pages, but still nice to have... and only $30. Those two copies complete my second edition Hobbits, UK and US. Probably be a while before I replace the four or five that are missing jackets... but I'm getting there!

Berelach wrote:

Stu wrote:
1951 Hobbit, No jacket, £125

Guilty. Oh and btw, no, I don't snap things up first I moved from New York to Chicago about a year ago and have only had a small fraction of the time to dedicate to books that I used to when I was making the US TolkienBooks site. I used to check eBay all the time... now I'm lucky if I can check it once a day (though I guess that's still relatively often).

Shifted priorities and all. I miss doing the research though... and am a bit disappointed that I left some smaller Tolkien-related projects in limbo. But who wouldn't like to have more time for hobbies? Maybe if/when I'm house-bound for my inevitable two weeks I can get to some of them.

But very happy to be getting a UK 5th, even without a jacket. And I found a US 5th last week (first state, I only had the second state). A terrible ex-lib copy with jacket flaps pasted on the back pages, but still nice to have... and only $30. Those two copies complete my second edition Hobbits, UK and US. Probably be a while before I replace the four or five that are missing jackets... but I'm getting there!

Did you ask the guy to relist, as it was initially not a BIN (I saw it yesterday)?

Did you ask the guy to relist, as it was initially not a BIN (I saw it yesterday)?

I asked if he would be willing to consider offers, yeah.

Berelach wrote:

Did you ask the guy to relist, as it was initially not a BIN (I saw it yesterday)?

I asked if he would be willing to consider offers, yeah.

D'oh. I should have done that! 1951 is the only one I'm after at the mo!

D'oh. I should have done that! 1951 is the only one I'm after at the mo!

Well, if I buy one with a jacket before you find one, it's all yours.

Honestly I don't think it's really fair to ask sellers to do that and I feel guilty (as I sort of mentioned before hah). If the auction had started at a higher price I would have just placed a bid to keep it there. But since the starting price was so low I couldn't resist asking. I missed out on a Methuen Silmarillion because someone did that. I had planned to bid quite high and was using a bid sniper, but the buyer accepted an offer (via message, not the Best Offer button) of something like $25 IIRC. I wasn't happy about it, it didn't feel fair, and I don't feel so great about doing it myself

Berelach wrote:

D'oh. I should have done that! 1951 is the only one I'm after at the mo!

Well, if I buy one with a jacket before you find one, it's all yours.

Honestly I don't think it's really fair to ask sellers to do that and I feel guilty (as I sort of mentioned before hah). If the auction had started at a higher price I would have just placed a bid to keep it there. But since the starting price was so low I couldn't resist asking. I missed out on a Methuen Silmarillion because someone did that. I had planned to bid quite high and was using a bid sniper, but the buyer accepted an offer (via message, not the Best Offer button) of something like $25 IIRC. I wasn't happy about it, it didn't feel fair, and I don't feel so great about doing it myself

I'll take the '51 off your hands when the time comes you get a jacketed one, assuming I haven't found one (jacketed or unjacketed) first!

I did notice a seller in Chicago seemed to have suspiciously similar listings to the old Berelach NY account(s)!

Makes sense now. Btw, can these "Tolkien-related projects in limbo" not be done in your new place? Or is it the "priorities" rather than the location that is curtailing acitivities now? ;)

Khamûl wrote:
I did notice a seller in Chicago seemed to have suspiciously similar listings to the old Berelach NY account(s)!

Makes sense now. Btw, can these "Tolkien-related projects in limbo" not be done in your new place? Or is it the "priorities" rather than the location that is curtailing acitivities now? ;)

Oh, it's the 'priorities' (mainly work), location made no difference other than marking the time of change.

Stu wrote:
1951 Hobbit, No jacket, £125

eBay Item #164113154788

This is one of my favourite Hobbit editions, well done at getting it at that price.