The Lord of the Rings, 1956/57 Set, Impr. 5,5,3 First Set VG+- NF
Langue : anglais
Edité par Allen and Unwin, London, 1956
- Éd. originale
- Livre relié
- Occasion
Vendeur : Festival Art and Books, Machynlleth, Gwynedd, Royaume-UniFestival Art and Books
Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 20 mai 2015
Etat: Occasion - Bon
EUR 10 780,41
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
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Allen and Unwin 1956, 57, 57 a set sold in early 1957. Jackets have spotting and tears on the corners, especially RotK, but have the original light grey colour which is extremely rare to find now. Overall well above average for the age as you are mostly paying for dust jackets, but the books. Its rare to find the original grey as most have faded to beige or white. The books have been read many times, but bindings tight, spine gilt bright. FotR has a 6th impress jacket on an 5th book. Quite common for the publisher to use up jackets, back and forward. These earlier printing sets are getting harder to find in collectible, investment condition. This set is unique as discussed in like past listings and in our Tolkien collectors guide. The early printings were very expensive so initially the book titles were sold separately, not as a set. You could never buy a 1,1,1 set off the shelf in the day. Three book sets were assembled over time as most people could not afford to buy hardback books all at once. The first set of three books you could buy as a three book set was in 1957, thus a true "first edition" set as defined by the first time available to the public. Printing technology made books cheaper by the early 1960's and they were eventually all sold as sets, many in special built slipcases. Impressions available at the time in any given year would have been random distribution between all the bookstores and based on what each sold and what they had leftover. You might have gone from store to store looking to buy the first printing of each title and found it. However, contrary to the hype, they were not best sellers until the mid-1960's so not collectiable then as they are today. I've created a matrix (see photo) of year and limpressions as books tended to be released around the Xmas based on the assumption they were bought together and stayed together as evident by their uniform wear of books and jackets today. If you picked the three titles off the shelf in a given book store in 1957 the impressions could have been 5,5,3 or 7,5,3 or 4. or higher. As the original distribution records, not printing records, are long gone we can only estimate distribution and availability of impression and years. Even today, few people look at the copyright page of a new book. Impressions 7,5,4 would have been the most plentiful in terms of new impressions configuartions available in 1957, but its probable the earliest possible configuration would be 5,5,3 or 4 impressions, this set. 5,5,5 is possible, but less probable. Later that year some sets were sold in the very first slipcase limited to 300. This 5,5,3 set would have proceeded that. A greater number of impressions configurations would have been available with each passing year, however they would not have printed new impressions until the old ones sold. A set all the same printing year wasn't consistant until the early 1960's where the impressions for each year were also consistent. Thus we call ths set a true first edition "set" from being kept together all this time. They were not necessarily pieced together later. However, it is possible they could have been, but unlikey because they match colour so well. Light colour jacket paper stains and wears quickly. We like to call this particular impression set the true "First edition" as the very first time you could buy them all together off the shelf. We feel this matters to the value for some fans and they've been kept together by one beloved owner. Very rare, I get this first edition sets only every couple years, less than before. Dear American Customers, your items will arrive tariffs paid by us. I would expect delays in delivery new customs systems come on-line. Please feel free to ask any questions on any of our items.…
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Détails bibliographiques
- Titre
- The Lord of the Rings, 1956/57 Set, Impr. 5,5,3 First Set VG+- NF
- Auteur
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Éditeur
- Allen and Unwin, London
- Année de publication
- 1956
- État de l'article
- Near Fine
- Jaquette
- Near Fine
- Reliure
- Hardcover
- Langue
- anglais
- Édition
- First Edition.
- Impression
- 5th or later Printin
- Catalogues du vendeur
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Festival Art and Books
Machynlleth, Gwynedd, Royaume-Uni
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Frais d'expédition de Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
| Article | 10 à 20 jours ouvrés | 3 à 6 jours ouvrés |
|---|---|---|
| Premier article | EUR 34,91 | EUR 58,18 |
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An 24 year old on-line book selling business mostly J.R.R. Tolkien first and early editions. We do not have a shop, but can meet you locally or come to you by appointment. Note this is our office address. Some stock may be out on exhibition, out of the country and may delay our delivery time. We are located in the Southern part of Snowdonia National Park in North Wales, UK. We deliver high value orders by hand (£100.000 +) anywhere in the world at just our travel costs.
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All our books are first edition, original condition as well as original condition art and prints as authorised by the artist unless otherwise stated. We do not provide highly detailed descriptions as photographs make it easier to see the condition you are buying. We can provide a further photographs, please ask. If you would like more details of what points makes a particular book a first edition or particularly rare and valuable, please ask. We only sell very good or better, collector/investment grade condition. We will only note unusual or serious flaws we think has on effects the value. If for any reason you are unhappy with a purchase from us, please return it for a refund.
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We can provide valuations on books and art within our particular genre. We have some 20 years collecting experience and 14 years as a professional book and art dealer. We have an excellent publically recognized reputation. It is very important to have a formal valuation on record before an actual loss as it will aid in achieving maximum replacement value from the loss adjustor. General dealers and auction houses are not necessarily expert in specific authors and art genres. It is important to understand you are insuring or claiming for the replacement value, not simply the value at the time of loss. Some items are truly one of a kind and not easily replaceable.
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Orders usually ship within 3-5 business days on payment confirmation and suitably packaged for safe shipment anywhere in the world. Shipping costs are based on books weighing up to 2.2 LB, or 1 KG to Europe and North America. If your book/s is heavier or over-sized or requires extra insurance, we will contact you to let you know the extra cost. We will deliver a high value order (£25,000+) in person for agreed travel costs.