Khamul, there isn't much that gets me laughing out loud at the moment, but that one certainly managed to. Thanks!

- wellinghall

Do you mean in your dotage (generally), or just at the moment?

BH

I'm missing something. Tell me I'm missing something...
(i.e. why is someone bidding?)

TOLKIEN: POEMS & STORIES 1/1 DELUXE EDITION - VERY RARE 1ST IMPRESSION + BOX

BH

The item is missing the Tissue Paper, so the bidder would be missing something.

Nice to see there are more people than just me with more money than sense as Khamûl puts it.

Khamul, I meant these days in particular. I was told on Monday of an upcoming round of redundancies at work; of eighteen people in my area, four will be going

- wellinghall

Crap. (Did you not already change/loose job just last year?)

Aye, the employment situation everywhere is getting really pretty bad. It's a real shame. And even companies, etc, with money --they're just trading on the insecurity all around to force through changes that, normally, they'd never have been able to do. People have no choice. It's heads down stuff in my industry; everyone afraid to speak up about concerns, as they'll just be told where the door is. Shameful stuff. Makes me very angry.

Anyway, back to Wonders...

BH

I'm not sure if this should go into the "Interesting eBay Auctions" or here.

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1st Ed. 1st Print UK IMPORT Allen & Unwin - LORD OF THE RINGS by JRR Tolkien

170916485361

Seller: hobbitholebooks

(3042)

Ended Sep 28, 2012

This item ended more than 90 days ago

I almost bought it for the Buy It Now price (I did not, though) but noticed that according to Tolkienbooks.net that the "1st Impression 1969 – issued in a slipcase."

Has this seller or someone else swapped this for a later impression box or did some first impressions contain the box?

It has been swapped for a later impression box.

It's nearly four years since I lost my last job, and nearly three and a half since I started this one.

- wellinghall

wellinghall wrote:
It's nearly four years since I lost my last job, and nearly three and a half since I started this one.

- wellinghall

We have very short memories, lots of luck on getting a new job