Bayliss Rare Books
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PRODUCTION OF THE HOBBIT | JAN 4TH 1968, ORIGINAL TOLKIEN LETTER, HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED.
$19,500.00A fine handwritten and signed letter to Ken Jackson, technical director of Humphrey Carpenter’s musical adaptation of The Hobbit. 1 ½ pages.
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ORIGIN OF FRODO & BILBO’S HOUSE NAME BAG-END REVEALED | 29TH JANUARY 1968, ORIGINAL TOLKIEN LETTER.
$21,375.00Fine, typed, signed letter to K. Jackson, dated 29th January 1968 on where the origin of Frodo and Bilbo’s house name, Bag-End, came from, with the original stamped envelope with 4d postage stamp. 1 page.
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The Gutenberg Bible 1450 – 1455, A LEAF FROM THE FIRST PRINTED WESTERN BOOK.
$125,000.00For the collector, these leaves (called Noble Fragments by the 1920s dealer Gabriel Wells) are as close as one will ever come to owning the world’s first printed Western book.
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Ian Fleming, Casino Royale | 1953, an excellent first edition, first impression with the first state dustjacket.
$47,450.00The all-too rare first edition of Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale is key to many a collection and as the first book in the James Bond series, it is one of most in demand books on the market. Interestingly the dustjacket was designed by Ian Fleming himself. To have a first edition, first impression of the text with a first issue of said dustjacket is a notorious rarity and a serious investment piece.
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