A friend of mine shared these with me this morning. I told him I would post later tonight, but I could not wait. How he finds these treasures I will never know. His passion and excitement for books, art and life is like nothing I have ever encountered. It is a pleasure every time we speak and I always look fwd to the next.
These will be added to the Collector's Gallery.
Name: The Hobbit
Author J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin
Year: 1937/1938.
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
State: 1st Edition.
Owner: A. L. Smith.
Name: The Fellowship of the Ring
Author J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Allen and Unwin.
Year: 1968
State: Signed
Owner: A. L. Smith.
Name: The Fellowship of the Ring
Author J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Year: 1953
Edition: Uncorrected Proof with Paper Dust Jacket.
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Name: The Lord of the Rings
Publisher: Allen and Unwin.
Year: 1966.
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien.
State: Signed and Inscribed by Tolkien to Philip Brown. (5 Tolkien signatures).
Owner: A. L. Smith.
A very rare immaculate 2nd Edition set signed to Philip Brown, with an interesting correspondence between the two, arranging a date to sign his set of books.
Interesting to note that Stephen King signed more times in one day in Paris (Lisey’s Story I believe) than Tolkien signed from 1937 until 1973!!