The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, UK 5th with Jacket. Shipping from UK to US too high for me, since I really want a US 1st Edition with DJ. Hopefully someone here will benefit?

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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil - J. R. R. Tolkien (Hardcover, 1971) with D/J

156842970389

Seller: coconut-bay

(7649)

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Gone now....congratulations to whoever purchased it.

Predictable Matt wrote:

This is the 1969 original edition (reprinted in 2012) of Tolkien: Cult or Culture?

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J R R Tolkien Cult or Culture?

32227165839

£567.08

Availability:

Check at Abebooks.com

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J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit (Illustrated Deluxe Edition 2013) Jemima Catlin

236153572023

Seller: angelfield001

(181)

Ended Jun 23, 2025

EUR 1,110.00

[12 Bids]

Sold for €1,110 😳

Foxrook wrote:

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J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit (Illustrated Deluxe Edition 2013) Jemima Catlin

236153572023

Seller: angelfield001

(181)

Ended Jun 23, 2025

EUR 1,110.00

[12 Bids]

Sold for €1,110 😳

I saw that earlier this afternoon, wow. It's a great edition but that's a wild price for that book.

It’s a gorgeous book, but indeed the fact that it’s going for over a grand is pretty wild

There's a deluxe edition of the Catlin-illustrated Chinese translation that's more in my price range:

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THE HOBBIT ❁ Chinese Valuable Edition ❁ Illust. by Jemima Catlin, J.R.R. Tolkien

286167458226

Seller: targhedilegno

(621)

This item ended more than 90 days ago

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Index (The History of Middle-earth, Book 13) by J. R. R. & C. Tolkien, Hardback

205567753644

Seller: arch.pow

(1654)

Ended Jun 24, 2025

£550.00

[19 Bids]

this sold again for 550GBP… what in the heck

As Trotter often says, on eBay you can charge whatever you want. A couple great examples lately of ~ It's worth whatever someone will pay for it.

Someone must have really wanted to complete a set, or were bidding with a parachute-account on their own listing to drive the market up. That's all my guesses!