Anyone notice the title page is a Houghton Mifflin issue? Don't remember any with that particular title page and the Harper Collins on the spine. Any ideas? The Deluxe Signed/Numbered Hobbit.

dunedain wrote:

Anyone notice the title page is a Houghton Mifflin issue? Don't remember any with that particular title page and the Harper Collins on the spine. Any ideas? The Deluxe Signed/Numbered Hobbit.

My assumption is that it was a pre-production sample. I'd assume it does not have a signature page bound in and is unnumbered.

The late Stu wrote:

dunedain wrote:

Anyone notice the title page is a Houghton Mifflin issue? Don't remember any with that particular title page and the Harper Collins on the spine. Any ideas? The Deluxe Signed/Numbered Hobbit.

My assumption is that it was a pre-production sample. I'd assume it does not have a signature page bound in and is unnumbered.

That was also my guess.

remy wrote:

The late Stu wrote:

dunedain wrote:

Anyone notice the title page is a Houghton Mifflin issue? Don't remember any with that particular title page and the Harper Collins on the spine. Any ideas? The Deluxe Signed/Numbered Hobbit.

My assumption is that it was a pre-production sample. I'd assume it does not have a signature page bound in and is unnumbered.

That was also my guess.

Sold for £670. Hopefully it was someone on here who can give us the details!

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The late Stu wrote:

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306316576688

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