Bloomsbury Sale #689

est. £400 – £600
Sold for £650
504. Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Labriolle (Pierre de) Histoire de la Littérature latine chretienne, Tolkien’s copy , with his name in pencil on front fly-leaf, contemporary buckram, 8vo, 1920.
est. £250 – £350
Sold for £360
505. Tolkien (J.R.R.) Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meidhad, pp.104-126 in Essays and Studies. By Members of the English Association, vol.XIV, original cloth, a fine copy, Oxford, 1929. Tolkien’s study on the 13th century monastic guide and sermon on “holy maidenhood” for anchoresses.
est. £100 – £150
Sold for £85

est. £3000 – £3500
Sold for £2800

est. £400 – £600
Sold for £900
508. Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, fourth impression, light damp spotting to covers, facsimile dust-jacket, 1955; The Two Towers, second impression, facsimile dust-jacket, 1955; The Return of the King, first impression , third state with sagging text and ‘4’ on p.49, some running from red dye on top edge, original dust-jacket, some browning and marking, 1955, first editions , maps, original cloth, 8vo
est. £200 – £300
Sold for £240
509. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The History of Middle-Earth, 7 vol. only, comprising 1. The Book of Lost Tales, light scratched to lower panel ; 2. The Book of Lost Tales Part II; 7. The Treason of Isengard, small tear to 2 jacket corners ; 8. The War of the Ring; 9. Sauron Defeated; 10. Morgoth’s Ring, 2 corners of jacket rubbed ; 11. The War of the Jewels, first editions, first impressions , some plates, original boards, dust-jackets, near fine copies, 8vo, 1983-94. (7)
est. £500 – £700
Sold for £400
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