There is a 1st for sale by Oxfam if anyone wants to burn £4500. TCG gets a mention here also.

https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/the-ho ... 02829646?sku=HD_302829646

Trotter wrote:

Does it have library stamps in it?

On the outside of the pages, yes - along with a stamp on the title page. Inner pages themselves though are clean and in good condition.. I'm considering a restoration job of sorts if I can find the right craftsman.

Twenty years or so I had one, in rather bad condition. I did not know that it was rare, I just bought it in a bookstall in Canterbury because I thought it looked funny. But I gave it away to someone who wished to give a child _The Hobbit_ to read in English. And I do not remember who it was.

It's a fascinating edition. I'd imagine many would have picked it up and thought it was just some quirky, insignificant edition.

I paid £500 and that seemed a crazy impulsive buy at the time. But I've seen copies go for £1500/£2000.

Tall Hobbit wrote:

It's a fascinating edition. I'd imagine many would have picked it up and thought it was just some quirky, insignificant edition.

I paid £500 and that seemed a crazy impulsive buy at the time. But I've seen copies go for £1500/£2000.

I think these days, £1500/£2000 would only make sense for an essentially as-new copy. There were a few surprisingly high prices a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure those same sales for those same copies would be sustained in today's market. I think there was a bit of irrational exuberance!

The late Stu wrote:

Tall Hobbit wrote:

It's a fascinating edition. I'd imagine many would have picked it up and thought it was just some quirky, insignificant edition.

I paid £500 and that seemed a crazy impulsive buy at the time. But I've seen copies go for £1500/£2000.

I think these days, £1500/£2000 would only make sense for an essentially as-new copy. There were a few surprisingly high prices a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure those same sales for those same copies would be sustained in today's market. I think there was a bit of irrational exuberance!

Couldn't agree more, what we saw those few (pretty used copies) go for in 2022-23 was jaw dropping. £1500 for a these in poor condition (which many are) is just insane IMO. Last one to sell, that I saw, went for £800 and it was in pretty good shape.

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Couldn't agree more, what we saw those few (pretty used copies) go for in 2022-23 was jaw dropping. £1500 for a these in poor condition (which many are) is just insane IMO. Last one to sell, that I saw, went for £800 and it was in pretty good shape.

Yep. That said, anyone wants to give me £1500 for either of mine, I'll happily toss in a clamshell :)

Hello,

I was doing a little research on my favourite book this morning... Turns out my old copy of Lord of the Rings is well loved but fairly common.

Anyway, I thought I'd learn a little bit more about my very tattered copy of The Hobbit. I had always assumed it was very old and was surprised that it was as "recent" as 1968 (it looked ancient to me). Well, I was led to your lovely website and learned that it's quite rare. I thought I would let you all know in case you wanted to document it with the other copies on your page. It's a shame the spine is missing, but the book is still held together and the pages seem like they've survived well.

Hopefully my pictures upload successfully,
Thanks for your time!

This has just popped up on fb
Please move this post to the right place if better. But I wondered if this is another copy not noted here before?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/109789 ... malink/2862304730640585/?

I will note on the guide page here. (Ridiculous asking price)

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/w ... d/index.php?page=Longmans