Received the new UK hardback Mr Bliss today.

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Mr Bliss (UK hardcover)

Tolkien, J. R. R.
9780008705312
HarperCollins (2024-10-24)

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Ooh nice! I imagine it’s essentially the same - content-wise - as the 2011 edition?

….in fact, I expect it to BE the 2011 edition, with a few minor differences (paper type, size dimensions (obviously), the matte dustjacket, possible ribbon marker….)

Wonderful items, and beautiful to see them together, they are in great hands. Congrats!

Mine arrived today. I really like the green HarperCollins logo, which I hope they use as they (no doubt) role out all the Perilous Realm tales, using unique colour's for them.

Will possibly put it together at the weekend.

Picked up some publicity bookshop Posters at Oxonmoot.

Recently bought a first printing of the 1966 Unwin Hobbit^{https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=56339#forumpost56339[1]} , a very rare and hard to get book^{https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... php?topic_id=1529&start=0[2]}

The book feels brand new and clearly has never been read, so I got a local bookbinder to make a Leather Clamshell Case for it, to protect it and keep it in pristine condition.

Solander Case and 1966 Hobbit

Front of Paperback

Copyright and Contents Page

Back of Paperback

Finally as you can see, the original owner^{The only thing that I know about the owner was there initials were J.H., and they must have bought the book very soon after its release, as the date in the book as only a few weeks after publication[3]} took it an Oxfordshire Hotel, the Brimpton Grange Hotel, on the 15th August 1966.

The Brimpton Grange Hotel is now called the Oxford Belfry, is at least 100 years old. You can see some pictures of it when it was called The Brimpton Grange Hotel - https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/1432 ... est-chart-hotels-history/

It is about 8 miles by car from Sandfield Road in Headington, and we do have Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Lena de Grummond • 15 August 1966 (#1916) that was written from Sandfield Road on that date. I think that the Tolkien's visited the hotel on that date for lunch or dinner and The Professor kindly signed the book for J.H.

Signing date and location

Hobbit and Solander Case

I am visiting Oxford at the end of July for an overnight stay and have booked a room at the Oxford Belfry 😍

If anyone has any ideas on how to find out who J.H. might have been, then please let me know 😍

What an awesome addition to your collection Trotter! And a lovely clamshell. Thanks for sharing. Hope someone can figure out the JH connection

I wondered when you would go public with that! Interesting interior design for the clamshell!