[Monty Mike]

They were selling it for over £800. Insane...

[JBI]

Dam, not bad :p. Pretty sad though, I'll stick to my new edition thank you very much

[Sidmyster]

damn lol

someone gave it away?

should of sold it on ebay :P

[Banger]

I have the first American paperback edition of The Hobbit, featuring two emus, an eggplant tree, and Aslan on the cover :D

[Hobbit]

Actually that is scary, but not bad.

Of course, so much depends on condition and whether it is a true first edition. Nevertheless, leather hardback copies of 1st edition LotR have been seen for £9000+; signed copies from about £15000 - £25000.

There are others more recent that may be worth something though - a UK first edition of George RR Martin's Game of Thrones have been changing hands for £300 - £500+. Signed copies more. And this is for a book less than 10 years old.

Ultimately it's all dependent on what people are prepared to pay, and being able to pay!

Hobbit

[Evil Agent]

I have the first American paperback edition of The Hobbit, featuring two emus, an eggplant tree, and Aslan on the cover. :DLOL! Seriously? I want to see that.

And what you say intrigues me, Hobbit. Somehow I ended up with 2 signed copies of A Feast For Crows. I was trying to find someone to give my 2nd copy to, but I should probably hang on to it. Who knows how much it could be worth in 10-20 years?

[Simon F]

Hi Hobbit - how do you know if you have a 1st addition of Game of Thrones? - i bought mine as soon as it came out in the UK - would i have a a 1st addition? I like the book but £500......:D

many thanks

[Hobbit]

how do you know if you have a 1st addition of Game of Thrones?

I'm going to refer you to THIS POST (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showpost.php?p=335987&postcount=2) which has a very useful link, showing how to work out if it is a First Edition. It must have the Jim Burns cover, though; and be in good, preferably unread condition for the big money.

The usual provisos apply though - if you have one, do you really want to sell it?

I came across a phrase the other day which made me laugh: Resist your inner speculator!. Don't forget, it is the book's contents that can be worth the most.


Sorry Evil, but signed copies of Feast are worth not a lot in terms of money. GRRM has signed a lot of those and bigger print runs mean about £30 at the moment? Sure this will rise though.

The reason why the UK edition is worth lots (more than the US version of Game) is that the hardback had a very small print run in the UK.

One of the reasons the LotR early editions are worth so much is because a) it's more than 50 years since the books release (and still globally popular); b) Tolkien signed few; c) small numbers printed at first.

But looking after your prized possessions is still worth thinking about.

Now where did I put my white gloves.... :)

Hobbit

[Evil Agent]

Sorry Evil, but signed copies of Feast are worth not a lot in terms of money. GRRM has signed a lot of those and bigger print runs mean about £30 at the moment? Sure this will rise though.£30 is still double what I paid for my 1st copy. And the 2nd copy was free (I won a draw, during the GRRM radio interview I attended).

[BrianC]

I have the first American paperback edition of The Hobbit, featuring two emus, an eggplant tree, and Aslan on the cover
That's the 1965 Ballentine edition. Tolkien loathed that cover, particularly the lion. The cover art was produced without the artist even reading the book because Ballentine rushed to get the "authorized" version into print, given the appearance earlier that year of a pirated version of LOTR. And that, kids, is your Tolkien lesson for today . . . (personally I would love to get my hands on a copy of that particular edition. My father gave it to me as a gift in either '69 or '70. It is the first book that I can remember reading, essentially beginning my life of avid reading. I believe it finally disintegrated from continuous reading.)