Here is the cover.

Made me laugh: http://global.ebay.com/Rare_2-Signed_ ... lection/280618630522/item

A copy that makes my reading copy look fantastic.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hobbit-Tolkien- ... ks_UK&hash=item35af9dd549

I like the line, "The picture shown is of the actual book." I can't imagine anyone using that photo to sell a book if it *wasn't* of the actual book in question!

- wellinghall

School boy error in the pictures, don't reveal what you paid for the book
Look here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOLKIEN-HOBBIT- ... ction&hash=item2eb2f6033b

"For the first time, Tolkien's enduring fantasy has been illustrated by an artist of sensitivity and distinction."

So, that rules out that JRRT guy who illustrated the first edition, then ...

- wellinghall

wellinghall wrote:
"For the first time, Tolkien's enduring fantasy has been illustrated by an artist of sensitivity and distinction."

So, that rules out that JRRT guy who illustrated the first edition, then ...

- wellinghall

and that JRRT guy produced that iconic dust-wrapper, I have never seen a better wrapper on any book.

Trotter, I think you're right about that wrapper!

- wellinghall

You two not got each others personal email addresses or something? I don't know... cluttering up The Wonders of eBay with your mindless chit-chat...

Are you saying it should be cluttered up with tat instead