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18 Mar, 2023
2023-3-18 3:21:35 PM UTC

Trotter wrote:

John Howe's wonderful poster of Smaug which was used for the 1991 Grafton Hobbit

Lovely!
21 Mar, 2023
2023-3-21 2:50:28 PM UTC
As a proud Welsh person, I'm doubly excited to have this in my collection.

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21 Mar, 2023
2023-3-21 2:56:41 PM UTC

Tiny Turtle wrote:

As a proud Welsh person, I'm doubly excited to have this in my collection.

I really like this edition.
21 Mar, 2023
2023-3-21 3:09:01 PM UTC
Excellent! By coincidence, a copy came up on Abebooks yesterday which I ordered right away. Will also post a picture when it arrives.
24 Mar, 2023
2023-3-24 9:52:37 AM UTC

Éarendel wrote:

Excellent! By coincidence, a copy came up on Abebooks yesterday which I ordered right away. Will also post a picture when it arrives.

Excellent! I look forward to seeing it. I had an excellent one today. A fairly moderate first edition set came in the post, but with some lovely newspaper cuttings inside, including Tolkien's NYT obituary.

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24 Mar, 2023
2023-3-24 10:09:57 AM UTC

Tiny Turtle wrote:

Excellent! I look forward to seeing it. I had an excellent one today. A fairly moderate first edition set came in the post, but with some lovely newspaper cuttings inside, including Tolkien's NYT obituary.

Thanks for sharing! And that's a nice haul of cuttings - lovely

(though the NYT obit seems to have got the wrong university when referring to the lecture on fairy stories - that was St. Andrews right?...)
24 Mar, 2023
2023-3-24 9:45:32 PM UTC
What printings is those 1sts? Interesting mark on all three.
24 Mar, 2023 (edited)
2023-3-24 11:31:12 PM UTC
Haven't really been acquiring much of note recently (the trade and deluxe HotH will get their own review-ish post soon, so those aren't here).

Some fun items to note:

The New Futurian - Autumn 1954


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This has the first mention of The Lord of the Rings in a fanzine, that I have been able to find so far (it is a never-ending quest). It is a full page review of Fellowship from approximately October 1954.

Swedish Lord of the Rings


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Huge thanks to Predictable Matt for helping me track down this edition. Everyone has been sharing their Inger Edelfeldt covers and I needed some ?

Tolkien's Hobbit Postcard book (sealed)


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Sometimes you chance across a fine condition set of something you've wanted for a while, at a great price. Bought sight unseen (just listed "as new" with no pictures). Couldn't be happier.

La Búsqueda del Palantir


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Spanish translation of the very last "Middle-earth Quest" gamebooks "Search for the Palantir" - in fact, the publisher didn't have time to release the English version before disaster, so the handful of translated editions is the only way to get this title.

Hobit (Silesian)


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New Silesian translation of The Hobbit. Love the cover art by Grzegorz Chudy on this!

Mystery Box


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I took a chance here and bought a box of "Tolkien stuff" completely sight unseen. A couple of issues of Mythlore and Minas Tirith Evening Star, an issue of the Chronicles of the Restoration newsletter, a first edition of Tolkien Bestiary, some MERP modules and a Mythopoeic Conference program book signed on the cover by Peter S. Beagle. Lots of fun to open! Also had about a three inch pile of ephemera (clippings, loose pages, and other things) that will take a while to go through. Well worth what I paid.
25 Mar, 2023 (edited)
2023-3-25 2:38:50 AM UTC

Urulókë wrote:


This has the first mention of The Lord of the Rings in a fanzine, that I have been able to find so far (it is a never-ending quest). It is a full page review of Fellowship from approximately October 1954.

Now there's something I haven't seen before, great find Urulókë!
27 Mar, 2023 (edited)
2023-3-27 9:59:52 PM UTC
Look what arrived in the post today, my copy of Tolkien’s Legendarium, but a couple of people have scribbled in it ?

I want to take a second to thank Aelfwine for taking the time out of his day(s) to not only sign my copy for me, but to hold on to it until he saw Dr. Flieger so that she could sign it, then mail it back to me. I am eternally grateful to have such generous friends.

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