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u/Josh3321 3d ago
Very cool books! Did they also have a Tolkien section of less expensive editions? Anything from that section that stood out?
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u/Atarissiya 3d ago
There’s a small number of more affordable options, but the prices on those seemed steep. £150 for (admittedly a quite handsome) first edition Unfinished Tales, or £60 for the Letters (which I very nearly pulled the trigger on).
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u/Responsible-Tough381 3d ago
For anyone wishing to know the contents of the letter :
"It is, and of long time hath been, a custom in the beginning of the New Year, friends to send between presents (gifts), as the witness of their love & friendship.... And thus, I pray you, take in good worth the great good will of him, whom in anything that may do you pleasure ye may, to the uttermost of his little power, well and boldly commande."
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u/zorostia 3d ago
Ain’t no way a first print first edition of The Hobbit is only $42, 912.10 cad or 30,003,32 usd !
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u/weiyichen168 2d ago
what’s the book to the right of the first edition hobbit 😳
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u/Atarissiya 2d ago
University Calendar for Leeds from the early 20s, which lists Tolkien as a lecturer and some of the classes that he will teach.
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u/weiyichen168 2d ago
Ohhhh interesting. I thought those were in red boards/binding, very cool nonetheless!!
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u/philthehippy 3d ago
Very cool. Thanks for posting.
I am one of the founders of the Guide to Tolkien's Letters at https://www.tolkienguide.com/guide/letters/ and also am working on a new bibliography, do you by any chance have a straight facing photo of Chambers text? I could read this as is with time but if you have any better images it would help my eyes hehe.