J. R. R. Tolkien. Autograph manuscript, headed "Further correction desired," being a late revision to The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VI ("Many Partings"). N.p. [Spring 1955].
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"The sheet is annotated at upper right in another hand in blue ink: "p 256/ line / 25" [this actually occurs at line 26]; and in another hand in red ink on the lower half of the page beside a red check mark: in red ink "Corrected / J[not legible] / 11-6-55." The "J" may stand for Jarrold & Sons, the printers.
"The fragment contains revisions for text in the third volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is a correction to the text which appears on page 256, line 26 of the first edition of The Return of the King. In Christopher Tolkien's Sauron Defeated he mentions that this correction "entered on the galley Proof" (p. 68). The specific passage concerned is the change from "and in the deeps of time it was made for our forefathers by the dwarves" to "It was made by the Dwarves, and came from the hoard of Scatha the Worm."
"In a letter from Charles B. Elston, archivist at Marquette University, responding to the consignor of the present lot, he writes: "I have reviewed our manuscript holdings for the text in question contained in Chapter VI, "Many Partings," of Book Six of The Lord of the Rings. The correction, as mentioned by Christopher Tolkien, appears only on the galley sheets for Book Six. Both a holograph manuscript and typescript manuscript of "Many Partings" contain only the early version of the text ("and in the deeps of time it was made for our forefathers by the dwarves")."
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Starting Bid: $15,000
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"The sheet is annotated at upper right in another hand in blue ink: "p 256/ line / 25" [this actually occurs at line 26]; and in another hand in red ink on the lower half of the page beside a red check mark: in red ink "Corrected / J[not legible] / 11-6-55." The "J" may stand for Jarrold & Sons, the printers.
"The fragment contains revisions for text in the third volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is a correction to the text which appears on page 256, line 26 of the first edition of The Return of the King. In Christopher Tolkien's Sauron Defeated he mentions that this correction "entered on the galley Proof" (p. 68). The specific passage concerned is the change from "and in the deeps of time it was made for our forefathers by the dwarves" to "It was made by the Dwarves, and came from the hoard of Scatha the Worm."
"In a letter from Charles B. Elston, archivist at Marquette University, responding to the consignor of the present lot, he writes: "I have reviewed our manuscript holdings for the text in question contained in Chapter VI, "Many Partings," of Book Six of The Lord of the Rings. The correction, as mentioned by Christopher Tolkien, appears only on the galley sheets for Book Six. Both a holograph manuscript and typescript manuscript of "Many Partings" contain only the early version of the text ("and in the deeps of time it was made for our forefathers by the dwarves")."
[J. R. R. Tolkien]. 2 Tolkien references. Includes:
Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. The Tolkien Collector Archive. London and Boston: Privately Published, 1992- 2002.
Includes:
1) 26 paper folded, stapled volumes of "The Tolkien Collector"
2) Paper folded, stapled "Index [volumes] 1-20"
3) 13 page paper stapled "Catalogue of Books and Ephemera Chiefly Concerning J. R. R. Tolkien from the Collections of Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
4) Single sheet "Interim Number"
5) Printed pamphlet for "Tolkien Times, Autumn 1998."
Starting Bid: $1
No Reserve
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Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. The Tolkien Collector Archive. London and Boston: Privately Published, 1992- 2002.
Includes:
1) 26 paper folded, stapled volumes of "The Tolkien Collector"
2) Paper folded, stapled "Index [volumes] 1-20"
3) 13 page paper stapled "Catalogue of Books and Ephemera Chiefly Concerning J. R. R. Tolkien from the Collections of Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull
4) Single sheet "Interim Number"
5) Printed pamphlet for "Tolkien Times, Autumn 1998."
Starting Bid: $1
No Reserve
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J. R. R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. [London]: Harper Collins, [1998].
8vo. Illustrated with 18 color plates by Ted Nasmith. Publisher's quarter leather and russet cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, color pictorial endpapers showing the map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North, edges gilt; original matching russet cloth slipcase with the Tolkien monogram stamped in gilt on one side.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 177 of 500 specially bound and slipcased copies signed by editor, Christopher Tolkien, and illustrator, Ted Nasmith.
Starting Bid: $500
Reserve (if any) Not Posted Yet
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8vo. Illustrated with 18 color plates by Ted Nasmith. Publisher's quarter leather and russet cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, color pictorial endpapers showing the map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North, edges gilt; original matching russet cloth slipcase with the Tolkien monogram stamped in gilt on one side.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 177 of 500 specially bound and slipcased copies signed by editor, Christopher Tolkien, and illustrator, Ted Nasmith.
Starting Bid: $500
Reserve (if any) Not Posted Yet
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J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings: comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954-1955.
3 volumes, 8vo. In-text illustration by Tolkien in Fellowship ("The Doors of Durin"); folding map by the author's son, Christopher Tolkien, tipped-in at rear of each volume. Publisher's red cloth, spines stamped in gilt, top edges red; original illustrated dust jackets. Housed together in a custom quarter morocco slipcase, decorated in gilt, spines with onlaid "Ring and Eye" designs, and one, two, or three rings, by R. Patron, Hollywood CA.
A SUPERLATIVE SET IN VERY FINE UNRESTORED CONDITION.
FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
Starting Bid: $50,000
Reserve (if any) Not Posted Yet
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3 volumes, 8vo. In-text illustration by Tolkien in Fellowship ("The Doors of Durin"); folding map by the author's son, Christopher Tolkien, tipped-in at rear of each volume. Publisher's red cloth, spines stamped in gilt, top edges red; original illustrated dust jackets. Housed together in a custom quarter morocco slipcase, decorated in gilt, spines with onlaid "Ring and Eye" designs, and one, two, or three rings, by R. Patron, Hollywood CA.
A SUPERLATIVE SET IN VERY FINE UNRESTORED CONDITION.
FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
Starting Bid: $50,000
Reserve (if any) Not Posted Yet
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