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17 Oct, 2021
2021-10-17 1:08:06 PM UTC
That book has been mistreated.
17 Oct, 2021
2021-10-17 2:03:11 PM UTC
Is he selling the Hobbit or LOTR? I'm confused
Also that price...ridiculous

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17 Oct, 2021
2021-10-17 2:39:08 PM UTC
Something else for the 'acceptable' pile
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17 Oct, 2021
2021-10-17 3:07:51 PM UTC

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Is he selling the Hobbit or LOTR? I'm confused
Also that price...ridiculous

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Seller: dogfark
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Its all that experience..
22 Oct, 2021
2021-10-22 4:36:21 PM UTC
Beware the fake signatures. Here's a couple of forged ones of Alan Lee's.

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22 Oct, 2021
2021-10-22 5:24:17 PM UTC

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Beware the fake signatures. Here's a couple of forged ones of Alan Lee's.

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Those are comically bad. Not a good sign when the only picture in a listing of the signature is far away.
22 Oct, 2021 (edited)
2021-10-22 9:25:34 PM UTC

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Is he selling the Hobbit or LOTR? I'm confused
Also that price...ridiculous

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" Note, this slipcase has paper material covering, not the plastic/ vinyl covered one used on the 1979 2nd printing and later slipcase. We believe only the first efition 1976 slipcase was papercoverd"

I only have the 1st impression, but surely they are all paper-covered? None of them were ever covered in plastic/vinyl. I guess there might have been some minor surface texture changes along the way. Also, it isn't a slipcase.

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22 Oct, 2021
2021-10-22 10:33:54 PM UTC
Here are close ups of my '79 2nd print. Definitely paper covered, texture looks the same as well.
First two are of the box, third is of the book.

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22 Oct, 2021
2021-10-22 11:11:25 PM UTC
My first impression's box has a different texture. An I thought it was distinctive from 1st imp. boxes compared to reprints.
The texture is marbled and the overall aspect is matte reather than shiny.
And I have the box of the deluxe Poems and stories to compare which is more a pointillist one, as yours.

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22 Oct, 2021 (edited)
2021-10-22 11:58:37 PM UTC
I will have a look at my first impression box later, but IIRC it is like dogfark's second picture, not the smoother texture.

Edit: Checked my copy and is not like emilien's copy. The texture of the box paper on mine is essentially the same as my Poems and Stories from 1980, and the same as I recall on other pictures that I have seen. Looks like emilien and Dogfark have the same box paper. Seems like it is impossible to say which came first, as perhaps they ran low on boxes and ordered some more in (which were different). Arguments can be made for either being first, and without evidence, it is all purely guesswork.
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