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Dominic Winters Auction

31 May, 2022 (edited)
2022-5-31 5:34:34 PM UTC

Thursday, 16th June 2022 10:00

Modern First Editions & Children's Books, Original Illustrations & Artwork, Playing Cards

Lot 688 Tolkien (J.R.R.) Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1954-62
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Tolkien (J.R.R.) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 12th impression, 1962; The Two Towers, 1st edition, 1954; The Return of the King, 1st edition, 1955, folding map at end of each, top edge red, original cloth, Two Towers spine faded and rubbed at ends, small tear at foot of Fellowship lower joint, edges a little rubbed, 8vo

Estimate £400 - £600
Buyer's premium on this lot is 20.00%
Sold for £2000

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Lot 689 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Return of the King, 1st US edition, 1956
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Estimate £200 - £300
Buyer's premium on this lot is 20.00%
Sold for £420

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Return of the King, 1st US edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956, folding map tipped-in at end, previous owner inscription dated 1957 at front, original cloth, a few small mottled damp stains, dust jacket, a few chips and tears, clear tape reinforcements, 8vo, together with early US printings of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers (in torn dust jacket), 8vo

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Lot 690 Tolkien The Hobbit 2nd impression 1937
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Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
Buyer's premium on this lot is 20.00%
Sold for £4600

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937, 4 colour plates by the author, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting, presentation inscription to half title, dated 1940, map endpapers, Blackwell ticket to front pastedown. original green pictorial cloth, small stains at foot of spine and covers, 8vo

The second impression, published in the same year as the first, and the first with the colour plates.

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14 Jun, 2022 (edited)
2022-6-14 7:35:26 PM UTC
I just noticed the inscription in The Hobbit.

Veronica

With Love and Best Wishes from Elaine Griffiths

Oxford February 14th 1940

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elaine_Griffiths

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14 Jun, 2022
2022-6-14 8:54:05 PM UTC
Ahhh, the 'Queen of Hobbits'. A inscribed copy from Tolkien to Griffiths was for sale in 2008. Whoever bought that should bring these two together and donate them to the Bodeian. Without her we might not have ever seen The Hobbit.
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