rosshm16 wrote:
Ostensibly a lettered copy of the deluxe edition Alan Lee sketchbooks. I've never heard of lettered versions of this before. Having it signed "D / 3000" seems odd.
Often non-commercial copies of a limited edition will be lettered.
Another example - the Folio Limited Hobbit
rosshm16 wrote:
The 1987 Unwin Hyman leather-bound "Super Deluxe" 50th Anniversary Hobbit. This is one of my white whales but I have a hard time justifying ~$3k for a book I already have five other deluxe editions of:
$3300 is probably about right for these (unsigned) copies. Perhaps a tad high, but not by much and would be low for a signed one IMO. These are some of the most beautiful Tolkien books ever made and as there are only 500 in existence pretty sought after. Personally one of my favorite books I own.
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