Auction date: 6th November 2008
399. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, first edition , illustrations by Pauline Baynes, five full-page and some in text in colour, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket slightly soiled and worn, 8vo , 1962.
est. £150 – £200
Sold for £260

918. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, map of the Shire, folding map at end, 1954; The Two Towers, folding map, 1955; The Return of the King, folding map, third state with sagging text on p.49, and ‘4’ under left handside of text, 1955, first editions , previous owner’s name on front free endpaper of The Return of the King, original cloth, some foxing to fore-eges and endpapers, all with dust-jackets, worn and supported on verso with tape, 8vo.
est. £1000 – £1500
Sold for £1000

919. Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Garland (Roger, artist ) The Book of Lost Tales 2, original pencil design for the artwork on the paperback edition, depicting ‘The Fall of Gondolin’, signed by the artist in pencil and with his notes & title in lower margin, 310 x 240 mm., 1985; The History of Middle-Earth vol.9: Sauron Defeated, original pencil design for the artwork on the paperback edition, depicting Barad-dûr and the nazgul with Orodruin in the background, signed in pencil beneath, 350 x 225 mm., 1993, slight creasing, both with card window mounts with an example of each paperback cover similarly mounted below, framed & glazed (2)
est. £1500 – £2000
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