Halbarad wrote:

Wasn't the original color of the fellowship in this edition, yellow? Not orange?

These facsimiles are produced by Mark over at Dustjackets.com and he does fantastic work. He gets them as close to the original as possible. However it’s difficult to account for what happens to paper with age, especially paper with color that is exposed to all different kinds of environments over a 70 year period.

Here are 3 early prints of FOTR (from left to right 1, 4, 9) you can probably tell which is the facsimile.

Oh cool, thanks for the comparison!

I thought it was probably Marks work. He is great :) I've ordered quite a few facsimile jackets from him and his son in the past. I've had a few of the first UK edition jackets from him come blue/green, rather than white. It seems that color accuracy is harder than it sounds. When I spoke to him about it, he obviously worked very hard to correct my order and the most recent set I got from his is probably as close to perfect as possible. I'm sure he'd be willing to adjust the color from orange to more of a yellow if anyone asked him to.

Starting bid is not just for the poster…a few other items are also included 😀

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The Lord Of The Rings J.R.R. Tolkien Books LOTR Map Rare Collectors Editions

335171625701

Seller: liljessie212000

(154)

Ended Dec 28, 2023

This item ended more than 90 days ago

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J R R TOLKIEN THE TWO TOWERS LORD OF THE RINGS PART TWO 1ST/8TH 1961 JACKET RARE

395119068969

Seller: charlesgoslin

(8505)

Ended Jan 14, 2024

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Can anyone spot the book?

It's the one behind the book behind the monkey 🙈🤣

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original Lord of the rings ring

145540893835

Seller: jopatt_65

(0)

Ended Jan 14, 2024

This item ended more than 90 days ago

No provenance 😀

A slow news day for The Malvern Gazette's Crime Reporter

https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/ ... bit-vinyl-sells-218-ebay/

Malvern, where the seller is based, is often thought to have inspired Middle Earth(sic), the setting of many of Tolkien's books including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

It is sometimes said the Malvern Hills were the inspiration for the White Mountains.

By who?

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J.R.R. TOLKIEN reads THE HOBBIT LORD OF THE RINGS 1st CAEDMON US LP 1975 RARE NM

325929442316

Seller: librarys-etc

(8962)

Ended Jan 14, 2024

This item ended more than 90 days ago

The original listing had the signature as "Phillipa Bryan" and not "Phillipa Boyens", which implies that at least one of the signatures is fake. The name was changed when it was relisted.

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SIGNED - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

305373530375

Seller: blackwoodcollection

(45)

Ended Feb 3, 2024

This item ended more than 90 days ago

You should always exercise good judgement and perform appropriate due-diligence when acquiring signed items to ensure that you are satisfied with the provenance and integrity of any item you bid on.

Not sure where this came from, being sold from the US, but can't find that Allen & Unwin had a US subsidiary.

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Vintage Allen And Unwin Publishing Inc Advertising Sign The Hobbit LOTR Tolkien

355419957128

Seller: stacya1313

(154)

Ended Mar 6, 2024

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Looks like they did - this ad is from a journal in the late 80s, and refers to the US subsidiary: