It's March, but whatever...

Perfect gift for Christmas.
“Ex library with markings”

eBay Item #161626516596


BH

Khamûl wrote:
It's March, but whatever...

Perfect gift for Christmas.
“Ex library with markings”

eBay Item #161626516596


BH

Once the Christmas junk starts appearing in the shops BEFORE Easter, I'm going out and shooting myself.

eBay Item #261804901815

A bit overpriced!!

eBay Item #141598254758

Worthy of any collection........

Wow, that really is a terrible copy. "Please be happy before you bid!" indeed.

Another bargain from Arabellas....

eBay Item #251880201493

"Acceptable" condition dustjacket? Seems subjective to me...

[url=https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/97240/77416/2029?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2FReturn-King-J.R.R-Tolkien-Allen-Unwin%2F15374675676%2Fbd%5DReturn of the King 1st edition on AbeBooks [/url]

Price: £305.96 / $464.95

I love the writing in the book, £45 for this edition, which should be about £0.49 with free postage

One of the pages of the ex-library copy has "down with skool" scribbled in it, suspect the writer probably did not read much of the book :(

eBay Item #171728713294

Haven't really delved into the earlier editions (I know 1961 is hardly early) but I guess the value curve falls off sharply after the 1/1 UK.

You can get an idea of prices here:

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=14430#forumpost14430

Completely knackered books (such as ones covered in kids' scrawl) are essentially worth nothing, unless quite early.