Worth saying this is a first state of the HMCO 5th impression(1951)

Interesting…none for many years and then two in the same month pop up.

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Tolkien Box Set (The History of the Lord of the Rings Boxed Set 1998)

327078293464

Seller: meehoyminoy

(207)

Ended Apr 3, 2026

Buy-It-Now:

$100.00

Lots of damage to the box, where all the value is.

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J.R.R. Tolkien a biography by Humphrey Carpenter 1st Ed. 1977 HC/DJ Signed

406818726522

Seller: nerdyvault

(2721)

Buy-It-Now:

$499.99

Don’t see Carpenter’s signature very often.

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Tolkien Box Set (The History of the Lord of the Rings Boxed Set 1998)

327078293464

Seller: meehoyminoy

(207)

Ended Apr 3, 2026

Buy-It-Now:

$100.00

Lots of damage to the box, where all the value is.

“Lots of damage” is a very relative term for this box (for whatever reason), which I’ve seen twice as damaged as this more than twice as often as less.

The “value” of this set lies also in the fact that it comes with The End of the Third Age, not usually available separately.

I happily have this set already, but were that not the case I would not have felt that this item had no “value.”