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17 Jun, 2010
2010-6-17 2:04:59 AM UTC
To return to the posts by Onónion and Gawain on 2 June about the Sigurd and Gudrun with cover art by Arthur Rackham, we've just had the annoying experience of ordering one of these from a German seller on eBay, only to receive the HarperCollins trade paperback with the standard cover. We complained that the book isn't as represented, and were offered half of our cost as a refund. In an apology, the seller (a firm) said that it relies on its suppliers to provide descriptions and images, rather than producing them from copies in hand. We've suggested that in future they should include a disclaimer to this effect.

Other sellers on eBay have also listed copies with the Rackham cover. We supposed from the location of the sellers, Germany and Australia, that it was either a book club edition or one printed solely for export, but now we wonder if any copies ever had that cover, if the art was preliminary and ultimately rejected but got out for advertising purposes.

Wayne & Christina
21 Jun, 2010
2010-6-21 6:05:02 PM UTC
I noticed this auction today

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JRR-Tolkien-Hob ... ks_UK&hash=item5888593a29

It is nice to be able to refer to such excellent resources as "J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography" by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas Anderson and send them an email stating

"I noticed you listed this item as "leather bound", it is actually bound "in green imitation leather over boards" according to "J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography" by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas Anderson Page 59, and is confirmed by looking at my copy.

Regards

Andrew"

I forgot to mention no dust wrapper
1 Jul, 2010
2010-7-1 5:23:14 PM UTC
Here is another interesting item currently listed on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0
2 Jul, 2010
2010-7-2 4:19:44 AM UTC
Here is another interesting item currently listed on ebay http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0

This fake from one of eBay's notorious sellers has been on eBay before, I have reported it again to eBay as a forged signed item.
2 Jul, 2010
2010-7-2 1:04:13 PM UTC
How do you tell this one is a fake? (genuine question!)
2 Jul, 2010
2010-7-2 3:54:23 PM UTC
Have a look at this very long thread from another part of the forum and you'll see a lot about the problem with forged Tolkien signatures.

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... hp?topic_id=1148&forum=18

If I remember rightly the first post was from a seller called classicart_uk and cavorite51 sells a lot of classicart_uk items.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Return-King-2nd-Ed ... tible&hash=item2eae272ab0
13 Jul, 2010
2010-7-13 6:34:45 PM UTC
Well I don't think anyone here is qualified to argue with an Abebooks valuation

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Silmarillion-Tr ... ks_UK&hash=item3caf0dcd45

and of course, I didn't know this but

This book will only ever increase in value. If you take it to a tolkein convention, of which there are many up and down the country each year, you can usually get them signed by Christopher Tolkein, This almost automatically doubles the value.
13 Jul, 2010
2010-7-13 6:44:44 PM UTC
Ah, yes - Christopher Tolkein. I've seen him doubling the values of many books at the tolkein conventions I've attended, up and down the country.

13 Jul, 2010
2010-7-13 6:56:01 PM UTC
I have loads of Silmarillion's that Mr Tolkein could sign, does he make house calls when not attending conventions.
13 Jul, 2010
2010-7-13 7:16:04 PM UTC
Hmm - come to think of it, I have several books signed by Christopher - the real Christopher, that is. Not one of them cost anything like the price being asked here for an unsigned piece!
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