Ha! Who can spot the obvious error?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Return-of ... tible&hash=item460e750cab
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Return-of ... tible&hash=item460e750cab
The added picture is extremely helpful... :)
https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Fell ... collsguid-20&linkCode=osi
https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Fell ... collsguid-20&linkCode=osi
16 Apr, 2013
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Have a look at this listing
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19082609731 ... _trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
"JRR TOLKIEN The Hobbit UK First Edition First Impression in ORIGINAL Dustjacket"
"You are bidding on the first edition of the hobbit The book is in poor condition but readable an ive been told will be able to be restored in expert hands this is why the bidding is starting at a low price this is your chance to own the book for a small price.the book sells for £12000 i am starting it at £400 happy bidding.Any questions please ask thank you"
Well a good question might be why does it have a yellow, not blue, A&U sticker for £4.50 on the DJ (don't think these were attached to 1st impressions, more likely on post 1978 copies), and 1978 DJ's do not fit 1937 Hobbits After looking again at the pictures it is a late 1970's Hobbit in terrible condition, I hope the bidder does not mind paying £400 for it.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19082609731 ... _trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
"JRR TOLKIEN The Hobbit UK First Edition First Impression in ORIGINAL Dustjacket"
"You are bidding on the first edition of the hobbit The book is in poor condition but readable an ive been told will be able to be restored in expert hands this is why the bidding is starting at a low price this is your chance to own the book for a small price.the book sells for £12000 i am starting it at £400 happy bidding.Any questions please ask thank you"
Well a good question might be why does it have a yellow, not blue, A&U sticker for £4.50 on the DJ (don't think these were attached to 1st impressions, more likely on post 1978 copies), and 1978 DJ's do not fit 1937 Hobbits After looking again at the pictures it is a late 1970's Hobbit in terrible condition, I hope the bidder does not mind paying £400 for it.
According to the seller, the copyright page is wet and stuck to the other pages, so he could not post a photo to confirm it is a first impression. LOL!
Red, I was just about to post this item. Why do these Illuminati rings keep popping up and selling for so much? I'm still really confused about the Tolkien connection to them as well.
Can't answer as to why these get bids and what the draw is, but I assume they mention Tolkien because it draws a lot of views on eBay. I can't see any other connection.
17 Apr, 2013
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JonClark wrote:
According to the seller, the copyright page is wet and stuck to the other pages, so he could not post a photo to confirm it is a first impression. LOL!
Let's see if I get a reply to my latest ebay email to the seller, I got the same response by email (as JonClark) from the seller (in Textspeak) "The book is damp so the pages u r asking for r sealed untill it has time to self dry an the price tag was bought from a library" , the Price Sticker from a Library, of course it was (how long does a 1937 book take to self dry, I suspect science will never know the answer?)
"Sorry to hear that you cannot check the limitation page in the book, you may be interested to know that you can identify the age of the book from the pictures you provided.
I have done some further research into the book, using the pictures you have provided and can confirm that the book is printed after 1978.
This can be seen by the position of the page numbers on page 134 and 135 in your picture, all earlier copies of the Hobbit had the page number at the top of the page, it was moved to the bottom of the page in copies printed after 1978.
The book like the dust wrapper is probably a 4th edition, 3rd or 4th Impression. This also ties in with the publisher's price-sticker on the dust-wrapper of £4.50 which was the one of the prices that these books were sold for in the UK, at the end of the 1970s and in the early 1980s
Hope this was of help and sorry that you do not have a UK First Edition First Impression from 1937. It would not be cost effective to try and restore this book, as it is not an uncommon book."
Does anyone have a Hobbit with a A&U £4.50 price sticker in it, if so is it a 4th Edition, 3rd or 4th impression?