First Editions

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh

By the way, my set isn't worth a fraction of what was being asked for the collection I linked to. All the volumes are from quite late print runs, it's not signed and the jackets are discoloured (I think by tobacco smoke).

Nonetheless, I was quite surprised at what you paid for them, going by the newspaper story from the bookseller, which you linked to us once in chat. Assuming that link wasn't hacked.

The maps are a very attractive feature. It is a delight to be able to open them out to a larger size, although as I recall we didn't have a great deal of opportunity to pull them out much at the Bird and Baby.