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14 Mar, 2022
2022-3-14 5:57:39 AM UTC

Stu wrote:

1963 A&U Deluxe set incl Slipcase

First Edition. 3-volume set, 1st edition, 13th, 10th, and 10th impressions. The first deluxe edition of The Lord of the Rings in a slipcase with triptych view of Middle-Earth by Pauline Baynes. Bound in black Winterbottom's Buckram 72, Thames Improved Quality boards, Grosvenor Chater's Glastonbury quality grey endpapers, all edges gilt, head and tail bands, grey ribbon bookmarks. No dust jackets, as issued. Slipcase rubbed and dented with off-set fading of old label on the top edge. Covers are slightly rubbed due to tightly-fitted slipcase. Pages are clean, all maps present and in fine condition. Seller Inventory # mon0002889266

https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... nt_CM%26cm_ite%3Dviewbook

^ Didn't last long!
14 Mar, 2022
2022-3-14 6:12:15 AM UTC
How much was it ?
14 Mar, 2022
2022-3-14 6:16:10 AM UTC

laurel wrote:

How much was it ?

Asking $2000. Presumably it sold close to, though it's Abe so, who knows? I think it was only just listed, as I got an email notification off one of my want lists.
14 Mar, 2022
2022-3-14 10:23:09 PM UTC
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14 Mar, 2022
2022-3-14 11:48:06 PM UTC

northman wrote:

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I wonder why they don't reprint this. Seems like there would be demand.
15 Mar, 2022
2022-3-15 12:42:10 AM UTC

Stu wrote:


I wonder why they don't reprint this. Seems like there would be demand.

Agreed, a lot of people want this. What they are selling for now is quite shocking. I paid a little over $100 for mine a few years ago and thought I was overpaying then.
15 Mar, 2022
2022-3-15 5:31:11 PM UTC
Oh my...might be a record for a list price.

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937)
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
31138896360
(Hardcover)
$175000.00
Availability: Not Available
15 Mar, 2022
2022-3-15 6:26:01 PM UTC
I have seen a copy with a better dust-jacket listed at £125,000 before but that did not sell at that price, but I think this is a record asking price.
15 Mar, 2022
2022-3-15 7:17:23 PM UTC

Trotter wrote:

I have seen a copy with a better dust-jacket listed at £125,000 before but that did not sell at that price, but I think this is a record asking price.


Agreed. Seen far better copies (a couple of) for much, much less. Pre-COVID, of course.
22 Mar, 2022
2022-3-22 3:19:07 PM UTC
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The Hobbit. 50th Anniversary 1937-1987.
J.R.R.TOLKIEN. Brian Alderson.
31144057747
$52.93
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