Rare Tolkien books seen on ebay
Almost daily I go and visit ebay to see if there is something beautiful
up for sale. It sometimes is quite boring, since I just see books up for
sale which are either too expensive (mostly you can find them cheaper)
or they are already in my collection in a better state.
There are other days when I just wished I was a millionair and could buy
those marvellous items up for sale. I always dream of having the possibility
to buy at least one of those marvellous 'signed letters' or '1st/1st impressions'.
Some days I get very, very exited when I see real 'rare' books up for
sale (funny enough most of those 'real rare' books are not that expensive
compared to what they I would expect to be asked for them). Still they
are expensive and I always have to pull myself together not to spend all
my money on them (and leave nothing for my family).
Another thing with this books is that when they come up for sale I almost
never find anything written about them anywhere (which makes them rather
obscure and makes them look tricky)... luckely there are enough boards
to go and ask others about those items (which I mostly do after I acquired
the rare books first,... still scared to have others buy them under my
nose while I spotted them).
So let us have a look at what I am talking about. Under here are some
examples of real 'rare Tolkien books' which I have seen up for sale on
ebay. Hopefully next time I see them up for sale I will use my own pages
to get more info on those items myself.
Rare copies of the Hobbit
J. R. R. TOLKIEN - THE HOBBIT, OR THERE AND BACK AGAIN
First edition, first printing 1937. Published by George Allen and Unwin, London.
"This Edition Published 1942 by arrangement with George Allen and Unwin Ltd"
Signed and limited #116 of 600 worldwideHarper Collins, 1997
Rare copies of the Lord of the Rings
Original proof for volume 2 of LORD OF THE RINGS.
A lovely copy of the first US edition, first impression of the third part of tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" books.
Published in London by The Folio Society in 1977.
Special edition Published by Harper Collins to celebrate 100 years since the Birth of JRR Tolkien.
Signed and limited #133 of 250 worldwide Harper Collins, 1992.
Rare copies of Roverandom
Thornton’s specially rebound edition of “Roverandom”.
Rare copies of the Silmarillion
red leather published 1982 using first edition sheets from 1977, printed by Clowes and Sons. Signed by Christopher Tolkien.
Signed by Christopher Tolkien and illustrator Ted Nasmith
Only 500 printed in a limited edition release 1998
Rare books and items signed by J.R.R. Tolkien
Perfect condition with envelope mentions "bag-end"
THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS SPECIMENS OF EARLY ENGLISH. FIRST PUBLISHED 1886 THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION 1935.
Smith, Thomas : De recta et emendata linguae anglicae.
Adam Fox: English Poem on a Sacred Subject
Alistair Campbell : Thet Freske Riim - Tractatus Alvini
H. G Fieldler : Two Problems of the German Preterite...
with a hand written inscription "The Way for a Hobbit"...
Rare Academical Works
Stunning, rare only 14 thought to survive
1936 1st printing of booklet from the memorial lectures
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