mmmm how odd I too asked a question re photocopy of letter? never heard anything back? A nice item as you say -shame spoilt with dribble. Bet we see it again soon?
I hope not, the seller needs to be very careful when making remarks about Christopher and his father which are very likely to end up in a court of law, I think he has already over stepped the mark.
It has been re-listed, the comments about Christopher and his father have been changed from the original listing, a lot of the rubbish has been removed. I still don't understand why they posted it as it was in the first place, after all they are just trying to sell a book with a signed bookplate.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tolkien-SIGNED- ... tible?hash=item20b0342cc8
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tolkien-SIGNED- ... tible?hash=item20b0342cc8
This is the title of the re-listing - see if you can spot the mistake:
Tolkien SIGNED UK BPTrue1st J R R Most Rare! The Hobbit
- stoopid people!
Tolkien SIGNED UK BPTrue1st J R R Most Rare! The Hobbit
- stoopid people!
Anyone seen this yet?
http://cgi.ebay.com/JRR-Tolkien-SIGNE ... tible?hash=item5886e690f0
Apparently, it is the most rare Tolkien collectible in the universe!
http://cgi.ebay.com/JRR-Tolkien-SIGNE ... tible?hash=item5886e690f0
Apparently, it is the most rare Tolkien collectible in the universe!
OMG that is so K00l!
I have never liked the hyperbole used by flatsigned.com. Though I am sure they have sold a lot of perfectly legitimate books, I have never had the slightest desire to bid on something they are selling.
I have never liked the hyperbole used by flatsigned.com. Though I am sure they have sold a lot of perfectly legitimate books, I have never had the slightest desire to bid on something they are selling.
This book was listed for sale for years by an Oxfordshire bookshop. The owner asked me who SRT might be; he thought it might have been S.R.T.O. (Simonne) d'Ardenne, but I replied I wasn't so sure. (I'm pretty sure the signature isn't Tolkien's, either. Since when did he sign his name with only one 'R'?)
As it happens, a glance at the Scull-Hammond Chronology shows that Tolkien didn't become d'Ardenne's supervisor until 1932. So, it ain't her!
As it happens, a glance at the Scull-Hammond Chronology shows that Tolkien didn't become d'Ardenne's supervisor until 1932. So, it ain't her!
No, it's not d'Ardenne, but we can't think who it might be either -- perhaps one of the Oxford students he was tutoring around that time, or a friend in the Exeter College Essay Club? The handwriting is Tolkien's, anyway, his earlier, less disciplined script: compare, for instance, the page from The Fall of Gondolin in The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two, and the 1913 inscription reproduced in J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend, p. 27. The latter is signed 'John Reuel Tolkien', so only one 'R', as it were, in that case.
Wayne & Christina
Wayne & Christina
I thought I had seen this before, the book was until recently for sale on Abebooks by Jonkers Books in Henley with a sale price of $1633.50, half the current bids on eBay.
This is the description from Jonkers
This description makes a lot more sense than flatsigned.
If he had looked on Abebooks he would have found this copy.
https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... %2526x%253D80%2526y%253D8
I think it is worth what he paid for it, which is probably less than the asking price from Jonkers.
This is the description from Jonkers
Book Description: Blackwell, 1920. First edition. Original grey paper wrappers with title labels on spine and upper cover. INSCRIBED BY TOLKIEN: "S.R.T. / Because he doesn’t, / either to you or me, / I do to you / J.R.T. 22.2.20". A very good copy with slight creasing to the oversized portions of the wrapper. We have been unable establish the identity of the recipient of the book. It is likely to be a friend or fellow writer. At the time Blackwell was Tolkien’s publisher so perhaps both expected complimentary copies and, as none were forthcoming, Tolkien obliged.
This description makes a lot more sense than flatsigned.
Up for auction is THE MOST RARE of all Tolkien Collectibles I have ever seen! This auction is for a book from Tolkien's own personal book collection with secret message to a secret person! The person's last name begin's with a "T" so most logical to me, it must be a "Tolkien" family member! The book is entitled LONDON SONNETS. After an exhaustive search, we have not been able to locate any copy of this book even! Author: WOLFE, Humbert Publisher: Blackwell Description: First edition. Original grey paper wrappers with title labels on spine and upper cover.
If he had looked on Abebooks he would have found this copy.
https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... %2526x%253D80%2526y%253D8
Some have told me this is worth at least ten to twenty thousand. But, you decide...VERY REASONABLE RESERVE AUCTION....A FRACTION OF THIS VALUE STATED!
I think it is worth what he paid for it, which is probably less than the asking price from Jonkers.
It has been relisted with a buy it now price of $8889, only $7200 approx more than they paid for it, what a bargain.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JRR-Tolkien-SIG ... tible?hash=item20b05a6cd7
Flatsigned have included a bigger picture of the inscription.
e in he is underlined as is I, any thoughts on why? did he mean i.e. ? which is (id est (that is))??
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JRR-Tolkien-SIG ... tible?hash=item20b05a6cd7
Flatsigned have included a bigger picture of the inscription.
e in he is underlined as is I, any thoughts on why? did he mean i.e. ? which is (id est (that is))??