Do you still have your Valiant Armoury Bastard?
Please advise as I'm interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/History-of-Mi ... Books&hash=item3cc4c142a2

The DJ on "Shaping" does not look like the normal 1/1 version.

Stu.

You are right - Shaping should not have that gold box at the top.

Also - none of the first eight books should have the dolphin above "Houghton Mifflin" at the bottom of the spine - that was not added until Sauron Defeated I believe, so a lot of these dustjackets are later printings.

The seller only claims 1, 2 and 8 as first printings (according to the number lines) but from the dustjackets, only 8 has a shot at being 1/1 in the correct jacket.

Sounds like a great set!
(Why are we discussing it?)

BH

I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering: what's the connection between the sword and the HoMe set? Does anyone here have the sword and want to trade for the set, or the other way around?

Speaking of swords -

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Lord of the Rings U.C. Entire NEW! collection Swords, knifes, Helmets, Shields

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Seller: rhae8208

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Ended May 6, 2012

This item ended more than 90 days ago

quote - "The Worlds last complete Collection of NEW (original packaging) Authentic licensed full United Cutlery Lord of the Rings set together for the last time on the planet for sale at one time!"

I can only hope..

You can only hope for what? To be able to afford $7900 worth of old (I mean new...) trash? (Apologies if you collect this stuff.)

You know, with that kind of money you could afford a really old (1984) blank book, with a blank cover, with a small typed sticker that says something about The Hobbit on it...

BH

I can only hope it is the last time this sort of stuff comes up for sale on ebay.

But don't you realize that this set comes with Hadhafang, the sword of Arwen? Surely you all remember the stirring account in The Fellowship of the Ring of how Arwen held the point to Aragorn's throat?
And in case you were wondering, Hadhafang means "throng cleaver" (though I guess with Liz Tyler playing Arwen, "thong cleaver" might have been more apt).