Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R. COLLECTION OF VINTAGE WORKS & COMPANION VOLUMES
Tolkien, J. R. R. A collection of vintage works by Tolkien and companion volumes to his works. Comprising 1979 Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien, foreword & notes by Christopher Tolkien, publ. George Allen & Unwin, first ed. in slipcase; 1979 A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day publ. Mitchell Beazley Publishers, in orig. smart dust wrapper (spine a touch sunned & bumped to head); 1990 Bilbo's Last Song illus. Pauline Baynes publ. Unwin in near fine unclipped dw; 1991 The Hobbit adapted by Charles Dixon & Sean Deming illus. David Wenzel, in publ. orig. gloss wraps (light edgewear); 1976 The Tolkien Companion by J. E. A. Tyler publ. Macmillan, publ. orig. unclipped dust wrapper, chipped to head of front hinge & a touch bumped; 2016 The Battles of Tolkien by David Day, first ed. in orig. soft gum plastic wraps, blind stamped illustrations; 1972 Master of Middle-Earth by Paul Kocher publ. Thames & Hudson, publ. orig. unclipped dw, small school lib. stamp to ffep; 1988 The Book of Lost Tales in clipped dw, 7th imp, dw chipped to head of the spine at rear board; and 2007 70th Anniversary Edition of The Hobbit publ. Harper Collins, presented in slipcase & dw. A smart collection of works by & relating to Tolkien's world as explored in his magnum opus Lord of the Rings trilogy. Largest square 4to.
Sold for £170
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
We invite & look forward to welcoming interested bidders to view on Wednesday 13th November from 10am until 5pm, ahead of the sale finishing from 8pm on the 13th.
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