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Tolkien Signed Book! From His Library w/ Provenance
Includes early engravings, a $400 value
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USD 2,750.00 |
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USD 2,750.00 |
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Friday, July 18, 2008 |
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Friday, July 25, 2008 |
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Chicago, Illinois |
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We present a book from the library of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of 'The Lord of the Rings'. It is signed and annotated. Please email for more images. The book is titled 'Portugais' printed in 1903. It is a book on languages, Tolkien was a philologist and spent his life in the study of languages. 'The Lord of the Rings' reflects this study. This book has an excellent provenance, it was purchased directly from Loome Booksellers in Minnesota. It is well known that they had a large collection of Tolkien library books from Catholic University. This auction also includes three additional items: 1/ a complete sermon in English by Robert Sanderson printed in 1689, original nearly 400 years old! 10+ pages, 2/ a collection of early printed engravings, and 3/ a collection of early printed leaves. These three items are valued at $400. The collection of engravings are: 1/ an original Renaissance engraving, engraved in 1576, this edition from 1608. True Renaissance art as in museams, 400 years old! Archivally matted it is approx 9" by 12", 2/ an original engraving by Gustave Dore from 1889, 3/ an original engraving by William Hogarth from 1880, 4/ Engraving_Museum (tm) a conservation quality system to store engravings, used by The Art Institute of Chicago. See our eBay store for images. The collection of early printed leaves are: 1/ an authentic 1599 Hebrew Old Testament Bible leaf, over 12" tall, it is beautiful, 2/ an original 1581 English Bible leaf from one of the books of Moses, archivally matted it is approx 9" by 12", 3/ an original 1569 Augustine leaf from his collected works, approx 10" by 12", 4/ Folio_Museum (tm) a conservation quality system to store early printed leaves, used by The Art Institute of Chicago. See our eBay store for images. We are working with a client that has several Tolkien signed books and letters with excellent provenance. If interested please email us and we can sell them through eBay. For accounts paying via Paypal we can only ship to a confirmed address. If you don't have one please contact us before bidding. We want you to be happy. Returns accepted if item is not as described, please contact us within seven days for return instructions. Shipping/insurance not refundable.
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