BAUMAN RARE BOOKS 38 “The Most Influential Fantasy Novel Ever Written” 50TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. London, 1966. Three volumes. Octavo, modern full black morocco gilt. $8800 Second edition—with the author’s new foreword and his revisions to the text throughout—of Tolkien’s stirring tour de force, beautifully bound. “The most influential fantasy novel ever written” (Clute & Grant, 951). Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings during World War II in letters to his son, “and finally, having polished it to his own satisfaction, published it as a trilogy from 1954 to 1955, a volume at a time, impatiently awaited by a growing audience… [It is considered] one of this century’s lasting contributions to that borderland of literature between youth and age… [It] seems destined to become this century’s contribution to that select list of books which continue through the ages to be read by children and adults with almost equal pleasure” (Eyre, 134-35). Fine condition. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Inscribed By J.K. Rowling 51ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. London, 2007. Thick octavo, original stiff paper boards, dust jacket. $7500 First edition of the seventh and final book in Rowling’s phenomenally popular fantasy series, inscribed by the author: “To M—-. J.K. Rowling.” “We can’t think of anyone else who has sustained such an intricate, endlessly inventive plot over seven thick volumes and so constantly surprised us with twists, well-laid traps and Purloined Letter-style tricks. Hallows continues the tradition, both with sly feats of legerdemain and with several altogether new, unexpected elements.” (Publishers Weekly) Due to her series’ enormous popularity, copies of the later volumes signed by Rowling are extraordinarily scarce, as the author very seldom holds book signing events. With publisher’s authentication hologram on title page. Fine condition.
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