25 Dec, 2023
2023-12-25 6:49:25 PM UTC
Hi guys! Wishing you happy holidays again, I'm happy to show you some acquisitions of the last 5-6 months, mainly recent publications, but with some interesting findings from the past. Still eagerly waiting for the catalogue of the Rome exhibition.
- A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District (1928, ex-library rebound copy)
- Sir Orfeo (1961 reprint)
- Piers Plowman with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (2001, "Millennium Project" edition)
- The Hobbit illustrated by J. Catlin (2013, deluxe edition, still sealed)
- Tree and Leaf (1975, reset 10th impr.)
- The Silmarillion read by A. Serkis
- Letters from Father Christmas ("new" 2023 deluxe edition)
- Father Christmas Letters (1998 miniature book, 1st impr.)
- Letters from Father Christmas (2023)
- The Hobbit illustrated by the Author (2023, trade and deluxe edition)
- The Battle of Maldon (2023, trade and deluxe edition)
- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (2023)
- The Road Goes Ever On (2023)
- The History of Middle-earth Boxed set #1 (2023)
- Following the trails of Tolkien and the medieval imaginary world. Paintings and drawings of John Howe (2023)
- The Art of The Lord of the Rings (2023)
- The Art of The Hobbit (2023)
- Beowulf and the North before the Vikings by T. Shippey (2022)
- Il Lai di Aotrou e Itroun (2023, finally translated and readable in Italian)
25 Dec, 2023
2023-12-25 7:49:17 PM UTC
Very very nice Mauro! Congratulations 馃憦馃憦
26 Dec, 2023
2023-12-26 2:34:33 AM UTC
That鈥檚 a great haul! Congrats on adding these. I really like the Sir Orfeo.
26 Dec, 2023
2023-12-26 5:26:40 PM UTC
Mauro D86
Looking for "Letters from Father Christmas ("new" 2023 deluxe edition)"
Where did you find a 2023 edition deluxe?
26 Dec, 2023
2023-12-26 6:03:44 PM UTC
Thank you, guys!
Arbor wrote:
Looking for "Letters from Father Christmas ("new" 2023 deluxe edition)"
Where did you find a 2023 edition deluxe?
I bought it from Kennys (
https://www.kennys.ie/shop/letters-from-father-christmas-2), a month and a half ago. It was a sort of gamble, as they (although very kind!) cannot check the copyright page as the book is sealed. But
I suppose they only have the new editions in stock now, and no longer the 2019 ones.
Prices on the site fluctuate - when I purchased it, the price was around 40 euros.
27 Dec, 2023
2023-12-27 3:54:03 AM UTC
6 September
2024-9-6 3:33:43 PM UTC
Hi guys!
Not many interesting arrivals in the last few months, but I would like to share this one with you.
I bought a copy of
The Father Christmas Letters (1976) and it came to me along with a handwritten letter from Priscilla Tolkien, dated November 21st, 2001. The recipient of the letter was Anne Harvey (here's her obituary in
The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/13/anne-harvey-obituary).
In the letter she refers to "Elizabeth's death" and the "funeral and the gathering afterwards" - Tolkien family's friend Elizabeth Jennings, perhaps? She died on October 26th, 2001. In the letter Priscilla wrote that "She [Elizabeth] has left us some memorable poems and writing".
As a side note, browsing the web I found that at the University of Manchester Library there is a collection of "corresp, papers, news cuttings, and some publications by and rel to Elizabeth Jennings collected by Priscilla Tolkien" (
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17000087).
Will I ever get a letter from JRRT? I don't know, most likely not. But in the meantime I like to have in my collection a letter written by his beloved daughter Priscilla (I wonder if it is an authentic letter - I hope so!).
6 September
2024-9-6 3:42:29 PM UTC
Mauro D86 wrote:
Hi guys!
Not many interesting arrivals in the last few months, but I would like to share this one with you.
I bought a copy of The Father Christmas Letters (1976) and it came to me along with a handwritten letter from Priscilla Tolkien, dated November 21st, 2001. The recipient of the letter was Anne Harvey (here's her obituary in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/13/anne-harvey-obituary).
In the letter she refers to "Elizabeth's death" and the "funeral and the gathering afterwards" - Tolkien family's friend Elizabeth Jennings, perhaps? She died on October 26th, 2001. In the letter Priscilla wrote that "She [Elizabeth] has left us some memorable poems and writing".
As a side note, browsing the web I found that at the University of Manchester Library there is a collection of "corresp, papers, news cuttings, and some publications by and rel to Elizabeth Jennings collected by Priscilla Tolkien" (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N17000087).
Will I ever get a letter from JRRT? I don't know, most likely not. But in the meantime I like to have in my collection a letter written by his beloved daughter Priscilla (I wonder if it is an authentic letter - I hope so!).
Added this to our Letters Guide, may take a while before you can see it.
Letter from Priscilla Tolkien to Anne Harvey • 21 November 2001 (#2347)Yes it is authentic, that is Priscilla's address at the top.
6 September
2024-9-6 5:01:56 PM UTC
What a find Mauro !
I can only imagine your surprise and joy when discovering this letter in the book ! Amazing !
Additionnaly to Trotter's expertise, I have 3 signatures from Priscilla in various books and for me the handwriting of the signature of your letter looks 100% genuine to me.
7 September
2024-9-7 9:04:25 AM UTC
Thank you,
Trotter and
Emilien!
Happy to have an authentic letter and to have contributed to the Guide.