Search Results: Authors starting with T from Festival Art and Books

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Allen and Unwin, 1949, 1st printing. A very nice copy of this now very rare book. Many of these less popular books had smaller print runs which means few exist today in any condition. This one has repairs to the spine ends, not as noticeable in the Mylar protector. Book is square and tight, gift inscription to one of the blank end pages. Above average overall.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1964. First Edition. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Allen and Unwin, 1964 1st/2nd, Jacket has much foxing spots in places, slight tattering to spine ends. Jacket spine and edges darkened with age Book is actually near fine. Clean, read-once condition.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1979. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Allen and Unwin, 1979, First Edition, near fine book, but mild stains to back cover, not noticable, near fine slipcase, minor scuffing and scratching to case in places, fading along top edge colors, but no serious damage. Contains the wonderful art of Tolkien with history of publication.

London: Royal Mint, 2023. First Edition. . Hardcover. New. Celebrating the Life of JRR Tolkien. Brilliant, brand new, unopened, officially uncirculated.

London: Betty Ballantine, 1965. First Edition. . No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Barbara Remington. Betty Ballantine and now Barbara Remington have passed away making this a true historic piece. It was the cult status Tolkien first achieved in America on sale of millions of paperbacks, not in Britain, that would make him a household name by the late 60's. The Hobbit for example was not produced in paper inUK until 1961, Until 1966 his books only sold a few thousand copies a year, hardly a best seller. In fact the Tolkien society fan club first started in America, some five years before. Note, we were recently asked: we own the piece and as the seller, we left the letter addressed anonymously for the next buyer rather than to us. We are pleased to offer for sale, perhaps the most important original Tolkien related art piece. It is truly deserving as a museum piece representing a key turning point in the history of Professor Tolkien popularity. While Tolkien’'s own art was used only in the Hobbit… Read More

USA: George Allen and Unwin, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Allen & Unwin 1976 first printing of the deluxe version. This book has more wear than my other more expensive copy. Book has been read a couple of times, biding still tight, rubbing to the cover edges, cover gilt is fine, the spine gilt however is worn. Yellowing to page edges, but not on pages. Slipcase has a clean unfaded label with red title evident. A more affordable copy of this now very rare book.

London: Royal Mint, 2023. First Edition. . Hardcover. New. Celebrating the Life of JRR Tolkien. Already sold out at the mint. Brilliant, brand new. Pure silver with gold plated edges. Piedfort 24 gram Silver proof number 1515 of 2000. My last one.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 1967 First UK edition filled with Pauline's wonderful illustrations. No jacket as issued, slight fading to spine colors, with a little shelf dust to top page edges. Otherwise near fine.

London: Royal Mint, 2023. First Edition. . Hardcover. New. Celebrating the Life of JRR Tolkien. (only two left, sold out at Mint) Brilliant, brand new. Pure silver with gold filled edges. Silver proof number XXXX of 4500. Note, this is the 12g silver proof coin, not the 24 gram Piedfort version which is more expensive and limited to only 2000.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1954. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Allen and Unwin. 1954, 54, 55 Impressions 1,1,1 of each title. A lovely set. Near fine jackets with no tattering or serious marks. Some minor blemishes. Spines are not too discolored which is unusal. FotR has had some minor repair, not restoration, to the spine head. Looks like it was torn in two places, with slight cocking to Fellowship lettering. TT and RotK have minor paper loss in places, but no repairs. The books are cliean, no foxing, no marks, slight reading curve, and gilt bright. About as good as they come. Sliptext 4 on RotK. You a re paying for dust jackets these days, not books! Finding books without restoration and reconstruction is also rare, thus the price of this set. Please, serious inquiries only. We will deliver these anywhere in the world for travel costs. Watch our shop for more early and first editions in the coming months. We have been a specialist Tolkien dealer for… Read More

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1979. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Allen & Unwin, 1979 2nd Deluxe edition. The lesser of two copies I'm selling. Book is very good, red once, but has some old mould damage to the covers, slight roughness in place, but these can only be seen at an angle. Slipcase has minor darkening to label white and covers, sound overall. Still above average. Please see my 1979 Lord of the Rings Deluxe and make a set!

London: Allen & Unwin, 1977. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1977 First edition with no price on the flap indicating the international edition. These are now quite rare. Fine book and jacket. Very slight fading to jacket spine title colour, but as good as they get.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1977. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1977 First UK edition with £4.95 on flap. Fine book and jacket. Jacket spine has only slight fading to title. As good as they come.

London: Burns & Oats, 1955. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Burns & Oats, 1955 1st/1st. other than darkening to page edges and jacket spine, near fine. Binding tight, no damage. This books is about medieval spirituality, edited by Tolkien.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1979. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Allen & Unwin, 1979 2nd Deluxe edition. The better of two copies I'm selling. Book is fine, read once, Slipcase has minor darkening to label white. Still above average. Please see my 1979 Lord of the Rings Deluxe and make a set!

London: Ace , 1965. First Edition. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Ace, 1965 First and only printing. The more worn of two sets I'm selling. More serious scuffing to edges, spines faded, covers bright, but rubbed in places. Pages yellowed. Bindings still tight. See my 1965 Ballentine paperback set for the full history of the Ace printings.

London: Folio Society, 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing, Folio Society 1977 Set. This is the lessor of two sets I'm selling. But still above average. These are quite common to find, but usually the light grey spine 1/4 leather is worn/aged down to the brown under colour, instead of white, also pitted and stained. The gilt can be chipped also. This set still has a good spine, no damage to covers and pages. The cloth covers are generally in better condition, but can have very minor marks in places. Pages and binding are usually as new, unread in many cases The price/value comes down to the degree of wear and staining to the spine faux leather. This one is average. The slipcase has the odd mark, darkening to front edge, but generally found in good condition. This is an overall average set, thus the lower asking price than past finer sets. Though Folio, we beleive these sets will remain collectable compared to other book club editions. It may not be widely… Read More

London: Allen and Unwin, 1960. First Edition. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Allen and Unwin 1961, Minor tattering to spine head, yellowing to page edges but not on pages. 4th jacket on 3rd book, they re-used jackets. Very clean otherwise .

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Allen & Unwin, 1980, Book and slpcase are fine As good as they come! Now very scarce.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967. 3rd Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Allen & Unwin 1967, 3rd Edition 17th Overall. Whites on jacket have darkened with age, slight ghosting on the front covers, but overall this is a very good plus copy.