(SIGNED COPY)- TOLKIEN
(SIGNED COPY)- TOLKIEN, J R R: THE LORD OF THE RINGS. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1969, First India Paper Edition. SIGNED BY J.R.R.TOLKIEN in ink facing the half title. Original gilt pictorial cloth, little rubbed; inner hinges cracked. Provenance: Belongs to one of the secretaries at George Allen Unwin, and Tolkien signed it on one of his visits to the publishers- he was taken out for lunch, and apparently preferred the company of the secretaries!
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(SIGNED COPY)- TOLKIEN, J R R: THE LORD OF THE RINGS. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1969, First India Paper Edition. SIGNED BY J.R.R.TOLKIEN in ink facing the half title. Original gilt pictorial cloth, little rubbed; inner hinges cracked. Provenance: Belongs to one of the secretaries at George Allen Unwin, and Tolkien signed it on one of his visits to the publishers- he was taken out for lunch, and apparently preferred the company of the secretaries!
Sold for £5,000