Ending 4th Jun, 2025 20:00

BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - INCL. THE GREG HARROWING COLLECTION PART ICLOSED

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194 TOLKIEN, J. R. R. 2000 THE HOBBIT HARPER COLLINS LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S BOX SET

Tolkien, J. R. R. 2000 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Limited edition collector's box set by Harper Collins. Containing special edition of The Hobbit, full colour fold out map by John Howe, eight colour postcards of Tolkien's own maps and paintings, and an exclusive free CD of an archive recording of Tolkien reading Bilbo's encounter with Gollum in 1952. Sealed in shrinkwrap, wrap a touch bumped & bruised. A charming limited edition of Tolkien's masterpiece of fantasy. 8vo. (1)

From the Greg Harrowing collection of modern first editions. Collected over four decades and seen to the auction market for the first time, Greg's collection demonstrates a broad & insatiable love and thirst for all manner of the contemporary printed word, covering every corner of literature and non-fiction. From the traditional modern collector's works - John le Carre, Quentin Blake, Hilary Mantel and numerous other Booker Prize winners - to the less commonly seen collections of contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction, Harrowing's collection was collected over four decades, and his care of the collection extended so far as to have beautiful leather slipcases custom made to house his favourite pieces.

Sold for £55

Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - INCL. THE GREG HARROWING COLLECTION PART ICLOSED, ending 4th Jun, 2025

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