Peter Harrington's Latest Catalogues
Posted by Urulókë on Jun 7, 2006 (1052 views)
Peter Harrington Books announces that they have secured a large booth at the London Olympia Book Fair. The book fair will take place at Olympia 2 Exhibition Centre, Hammersmith Road, London W14, between Thursday 8th and Sunday 11th June. Tolkien related items from the catalogue...
180. TOLKIEN, J. R. R., & E. V. Gordon. Sir Gawain & The Green Knight. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925 [31603] £300
Original cloth. First Edition, First Impression of Tolkien’s second work. With the scarce errata slip.
181. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1937 [31496] £8750
Original cloth, with dustjacket. First Edition, First Impression. First Issue dustjacket.
182. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1954–5 [31464] £12,500
3 vols. Original cloth, with dustjackets. All First Editions, First Impressions.
Items in the Chelsea Bindery catalogue for the show:
132. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1937 [23439] £10,000
Full green morocco, elaborate onlay to both the front and back boards. With illustrations by Tolkien including the endpapers of maps and scenes from the book, of which 4 are in colour. Very slight cockling to top edge. First Edition, Second Impression, the first to contain the author’s illustrations in colour rather than black and white. Rare. 2,300 copies were printed, of which 423 copies in sheets were destroyed in the bombing of London in 1940.
133. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. [The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1954–5 [25246] £12,500
3 volumes. Full recent green morocco, extra gilt. Matching leather entry slip case. With folding map bound at back of each volume.
For free tickets simply click on the link below and print as many as required.
Olympia Book Fair Tickets
180. TOLKIEN, J. R. R., & E. V. Gordon. Sir Gawain & The Green Knight. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925 [31603] £300
Original cloth. First Edition, First Impression of Tolkien’s second work. With the scarce errata slip.
181. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1937 [31496] £8750
Original cloth, with dustjacket. First Edition, First Impression. First Issue dustjacket.
182. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1954–5 [31464] £12,500
3 vols. Original cloth, with dustjackets. All First Editions, First Impressions.
Items in the Chelsea Bindery catalogue for the show:
132. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1937 [23439] £10,000
Full green morocco, elaborate onlay to both the front and back boards. With illustrations by Tolkien including the endpapers of maps and scenes from the book, of which 4 are in colour. Very slight cockling to top edge. First Edition, Second Impression, the first to contain the author’s illustrations in colour rather than black and white. Rare. 2,300 copies were printed, of which 423 copies in sheets were destroyed in the bombing of London in 1940.
133. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. [The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1954–5 [25246] £12,500
3 volumes. Full recent green morocco, extra gilt. Matching leather entry slip case. With folding map bound at back of each volume.
For free tickets simply click on the link below and print as many as required.
Olympia Book Fair Tickets
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