TOLKIEN J R R

The Devil's Coach-Horses.

. Jersey, Edward Brothers, 1925. [pirated edition 1980's ?) the typography gives this facsimile edition away since the typeface used Monotype Bembo is a typeface only cut in 1929. 6pp. Hammond / Anderson page 346: C19: re-set from Review of English studies, 1, no. 3 (July 1925).

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Book number: F2837-12

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TOLKIEN J R R

The Hobbit Or There and Back Again

. Allen & Unwin, 1976, the De Luxe edition with colour illustration by Tolkien (with colour added by H.E. Riddett ) see Hammond & Anderson A3o (page 51) Black cloth over boards, with Smaug design stamped in red, silver and gold to front board in gilt, silver , and red. In the original black paper box with label to the front . Maps in red and black to both endpapers and 13 colour plates. Published on 2 September 1976, number of copies unknown. A very fine copy, only the label on the front of the box is a bit dusty/ soiled. the original sl. frayed tissue wrapper still present and complete.

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Book number: F0174

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TOLKIEN, J R R

The Lord of the Rings

. Harper Collins Publishers, 3rd printing of the 1997 Deluxe Limited Edition, printed in 2000, Quarter Bound in Black Leather with Black Cloth boards and printed on India Paper. All Page Edges Gilded. with the large Tolkien Monogram gilt stamped on front boards. Housed in original publishers black cloth slipcase with the monogram design gilt stamped to the exterior, matching the gilt design on the book. All edges gilded. Matching in size and design the Harper Collins Limited Editions of The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and The History of Middle Earth Series. A very fine copy of the Limited Deluxe edition in unread condition. Top corners of the first 30 pages or so have a tiny crease, hardly noticeable.

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Book number: F2959

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TOLKIEN, J.R.R,

The Return of the King.

0. 1955. Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1955; 416 pp. with large folding map; publisher's red cloth boards; spine a little faded and minimally creased, corners and extremities worn in places, extreme outer corner of one board minimally bumped, neat contemporary ownership entry on front free endpaper. A good copy of the second edition (often referred to now as the second impression of the first edition), published a month after the first, in the same year. No jacket.

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Book number: IS002129

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UNWIN , RAYNER,

The Making of the Lord of the Rings. Limited Edition of 112 Copies

. 2018, 112 copies printed in June 2018. In coloured covers and with some added bibliographical information . 2 editions: A] 100 copies in stapled card covers numbered 1 - 100, with the ISBN 1 85476 052 1 and B] 12 copies in Italian hand-made marbled paper covered boards and linen spine numbered I - XII with the ISBN 1 85476 053 X. Originally Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies on the occasion of the centenary celebrations at Keble college Oxford. 1992, 8pp. text and covers on cream paper and thin board and reprinted unchanged with the same ISBN (100 copies) in 2007. Rayner Unwin first published a shorter version of this in The Bookseller. Wim Meeuws (Thornton's Bookshop) asked him if he would give permission to publish this. Unwin immediately consented and not only that, he sent a longer updated version. The booklet came out just on time for the occasion of J.R.R. Tolkien's centenary celebrations in 1992 and all copies were practically sold during the Oxford Tolkien conference and Oxonmoot. This edition has a small coloured decorative motive on the title page and a facsimile of Rayner Unwin's signature taken from the one copy he signed in 1992 on the last text page (inside rear cover) one of the copies of the of the regular edition 1-100. (ISBN: 1854760521) .

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UNWIN, RAYNER

The Making of the Lord of the Rings. Limited Edition of 112 Copies

. 2018, 112 copies printed in June 2018. In coloured covers and with some added bibliographical information . 2 editions: A] 100 copies in stapled card covers numbered 1 - 100, with the ISBN 1 85476 052 1 and B] 12 copies in Italian hand-made marbled paper covered boards and linen spine numbered I - XII with the ISBN 1 85476 053 X. Originally Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies on the occasion of the centenary celebrations at Keble college Oxford. 1992, 8pp. text and covers on cream paper and thin board and reprinted unchanged with the same ISBN (100 copies) in 2007. Rayner Unwin first published a shorter version of this in The Bookseller. Wim Meeuws (Thornton's Bookshop) asked him if he would give permission to publish this. Unwin immediately consented and not only that, he sent a longer updated version. The booklet came out just on time for the occasion of J.R.R. Tolkien's centenary celebrations in 1992 and all copies were practically sold during the Oxford Tolkien conference and Oxonmoot. THIS IS ONE OF THE SPECIAL EDITION: 12 copies in Italian hand-made marbled paper covered boards and linen spine numbered I - XII with the ISBN 1 85476 053 X. this edition has a small coloured decorative motive on the title page and a facsimile of Rayner Unwin's signature taken from the one copy he signed in 1992 on the last text page (inside rear cover) UNIQUE COPY MARKED WAM ( PUBLISHER'S COPY ). (ISBN: 185476053X) .

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UNWIN , RAYNER,

The Making of the Lord of the Rings. Limited Edition of 112 Copies

. 2018, 112 copies printed in June 2018. In coloured covers and with some added bibliographical information . 2 editions: A] 100 copies in stapled card covers numbered 1 - 100, with the ISBN 1 85476 052 1 and B] 12 copies in Italian hand-made marbled paper covered boards and linen spine numbered I - XII with the ISBN 1 85476 053 X. Originally Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies on the occasion of the centenary celebrations at Keble college Oxford. 1992, 8pp. text and covers on cream paper and thin board and reprinted unchanged with the same ISBN (100 copies) in 2007. Rayner Unwin first published a shorter version of this in The Bookseller. Wim Meeuws (Thornton's Bookshop) asked him if he would give permission to publish this. Unwin immediately consented and not only that, he sent a longer updated version. The booklet came out just on time for the occasion of J.R.R. Tolkien's centenary celebrations in 1992 and all copies were practically sold during the Oxford Tolkien conference and Oxonmoot. THIS IS ONE OF THE SPECIAL EDITION of 12 copies in Italian hand-made marbled paper covered boards and linen spine numbered I - XII with the ISBN 1 85476 053 X. this edition has a small coloured decorative motive on the title page and a facsimile of Rayner Unwin's signature taken from the one copy he signed in 1992 on the last text page (inside rear cover) COPY NUMBER XII (ROMAN NUMERAL) ONE OF THE 12 SPECIALS. (ISBN: 185476053X) .

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Book number: F01404-3

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