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Modern Literature 9th June 2022 12pm

Lot 145 Lee (Alan).- Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, one of 600 copies specially bound and

Lee (Alan).- Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, one of 600 copies specially bound and illustrated by Alan Lee, signed by the illustrator, 25 whole-page illustrations in colour, black and white vignette illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth, gilt, overall in fine condition, cloth slipcase, gilt, light surface scuffing, 4to, 1997.

Estimate £100-£150
Sold for £650

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Lot 229 Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., later impressions, 1955.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring, 3rd impression; The Two Towers, 2nd impression; The Return of the King, 2nd impression, all with ink name to front endpaper, original cloth, first with spine slightly faded, last with torn dust-jacket with spine browned, 8vo, 1955.

Estimate £200-£300
Sold for £400

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Lot 230 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., 1955.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fourth impression, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, 1955, The Two Towers, second impression, third impression jacket, 1955, The Return of the King, first edition, first impression, with signature mark '4' and sagging text to p.49, 1955, folding maps, original cloth, spine ends bumped and creased, first and third lightly marked and soiled, dust-jackets, spines toned, second joint splitting, last lacking lower cover, rather creased with frayed edges, torn with portions of loss to spine ends, corners chipped, 8vo.

Estimate £600-£800
Sold for £950

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Lot 231 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., 1955-6.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fifth impression, 1956; The Two Towers, second impression, 1955; The Return of the King, first impression, 1955, first editions, folding maps, modern calf-backed boards, spines gilt in compartments with red and blue calf spine labels, silk endpapers, spine ends and joints lightly rubbed, some scuff marks to vol.3, 8vo.

Estimate £1500-£2000
Sold for £1200

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Lot 232 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 1965.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fourteenth impression, 1965, The Two Towers, eleventh impression, 1965, The Return of the King, 1965, vols. 2 & 3 with neat contemporary ink ownership signatures to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jackets (ninth and twelfth impressions), faded, small nicks and tears to extremities, worse to spine ends, light soiling patch to spines, worse to vol.3, 8vo.

Estimate £200-£300
Sold for £400

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