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An 18ct yellow gold turquoise and ruby ring, the raised platform centred with a green enamelled cabochon above a border of rubies and turquoise, size P, approx 7.7g. CONDITION REPORT: The enamelled cabochon has damage to the top approximately 4 x 1mm, and there is one turquoise roundel missing.
* Postcards. A collection of 155 mostly Edwardian Thanksgiving greetings postcards, mostly colour printed and many featuring the turkey, some postally used, condition generally VG, contained in plastic sleeves in a modern ring binder lacking spine and upper cover, 4to (1)
* Thomas Nelson & Sons. A small archive relating to the publishing firm, 1871-88, including sixteen original letters from Thomas Nelson Junior (1822-92) and his older brother William (1816-87), plus letters from John Lessels, and others, various lengths and largely concerning administrative matters to do with the firm, plus one manuscript memorandum from William Nelson, five receipts, a related printed testimonial and four photocopies relating to the firm, all neatly presented in poly sleeves with full printed transcriptions, arranged in a modern ring binder in chronological order with an index and related paperwork and correspondence at front, 4to, together with Wilson (Daniel), William Nelson, A Memoir, printed for private circulation, T. Nelson and Sons, Edinburgh, 1889, photogravure port. frontis. (sl. offset to title), a.e.g., contemp. blue morocco gilt, sl. rubbed, 8vo. Thomas Nelson (1780-1861) was a Scottish publisher born in Edinburgh. The eponymous company was established in 1798. His sons William and Thomas both entered the business, the youngest son establishing an office in London in 1844. (2)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954; The Two Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, 1st eds., 1st impressions, folding map at end of each, top edges stained red, original red cloth (one or two light stains), d.j.s, Fellowship spine toned, slipcase, 8vo. Each volume signed by the author to front endpaper. Hammond A5. Wayne Hammond’s Tolkien bibliography initially stated that the first state of Return of the King had signature ‘4’ and all line of type ‘sag’ in the middle on page 49. He now agrees that the first state contains no signature and straight lines of text, as per the present copy. A copy of the eight-page pamphlet ‘The Making of The Lord of the Rings’ by Rayner Unwin (Oxford: William A. Meeuws), 1992 (Copy B) is presented with this lot. This personal account of the agonies for author and publisher in bringing Tolkien’s revered masterpiece into print is an astonishing story of an author-publisher relationship in the traditional sense. So easily the book may never have been published were it not for Rayner’s belief in Tolkien’s self-confessed ‘monster’. When the project eventually moved forward into costings Rayner wrote to his father, then travelling on business in Japan, that based on dividing the book into three it would still lose money. ‘His reply was a model of what is now called hands-off management. If, he wrote, you beleive it is a work of genius, then you may lose a thousand pounds.’ Even then it was nearly two years of headaches before the first volume ran off the press. Tolkien was uncomfortable with the ambiguities of The Two Towers as a title to the second part and it was Rayner who chose the title of the third and final part, winning over Tolkien who preferred The War of the Ring, so as not give away so much of the plot! Then there was the difficulty of the maps, the printers and their proof-reading corrections for Tolkien’s deliberate quirky spelling, plus the appendices, the dust jacket designs and so forth. ‘And so the tortuous saga drew to a close. A last six-page letter of minute queries in the final proofs, a response with additional queries from the printer which reached Tolkien in Assisi (a rapid excursion from Gondor as he called it), and then silence while the book was being printed. Publication was fixed for 20th October 1955 and with it The Lord of the Rings was completed. It seemd an awful anti-climax. I had gone abroad, so Tolkien wrote to my cousin Philip and said Hurray. The rest is history.’ (3)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 12th impression, 1962; The Two Towers, 9th impression, 1962; The Return of the King, 9th impression, 1962, folding map at end of each, original red cloth, d.j.s, (Fellowship 14th impression with short tear at foot of front panel), spines lightly toned, 8vo. Each volume signed by the author to title. (3)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954; The Two Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, 1st eds., Return of the King 2nd state (with signature ‘4’ and sagged lines of text), folding map at end of each, top edge stained red, original red cloth, d.j.s, spines a little toned, Fellowship with small chip and split along lower joint, Return of the King with closed tear to rear panel, 8vo. Hammond A5. 2500, 3250 and 7000 copies printed respectively. (3)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Fellowship of the Ring, 13th impression, 1963; The Return of the King, 1st ed., 1st impression, 1955, folding map at end of each, Fellowship with a.e.g. and bound in variant black cloth in 14th impression d.j. (spine toned); Return of the King with top edge stained red in red cloth, d.j. with spine a little rubbed and toned, ‘File Copy’ ink stamp to upper panel and front endpaper, 8vo. The Fellowship of the Ring signed by the author to title. (2)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 1954; The Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, 1st eds., Return of the King second state (with signature ‘4’ and six(?) lines of text), folding map at end of each, tipped-in leaf before half title to volume 1 with stylised presentation inscription, ‘C.J.R. Tolkien from J.R.R. T., November 1954’ the inscription neatly struck through with manuscript side-note ‘copy found damaged on p. 163-4’ and large J.R.R. Tolkien ‘signature’ beneath, the aforementioned pages with light diagonal crease to upper corner, a.e.g., modern red crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo. A handsome set. (3)
Dring (Lilian M.). The Milky Way. A Nursery-Versery; A Rhyme of Time. A Nursery-Versery, both c. 1948, colour lithograph Illustrations, one or two spots, original wrappers, one or two light creases, oblong 4to, with others including Star-Dust Babies. A Happy Story for all Children, 1934, The Selfish Giant, by Oscar Wilde, 1946, and Ring-a-Ring of Roses. An ABC by Nancy Innes, 1942 (17)
Wagner (Richard). The Ring, English Translation by Andrew Porter, 1st ed., 1976, b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth, 8vo, with forty-six illustrations by Eric Fraser, all contained in cloth slipcase, small folio (limited ed. 7/200), together with Pouillon (Fernand), Les Baux de Provence, ce recueil monumental comprend monographie, vues ensemble du site, releves de l’eglise..., c. 1973, num. col. and b&w plts., plans etc., loosely contained in orig. wrappers with chemise and slipcase, folio, plus Aix en Provence, c. 1976, num. b&w plts., plans etc., loosely contained in orig. wrappers with chemise and slipcase, folio, plus other art reference (2 cartons)
Browning (Robert). The Ring and the Book, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1868-69, orig. cloth gilt, minor shelf wear to head and foot of spines, small 8vo, with other miscellaneous books, mostly Victorian poetry and literature, including R.L. Stevenson and Anthony Hope, et al (3 shelves)

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