I recently bought some of Michael Tolkien's books off a dealer who purchased his library on his death. Its a six volume set of Gibbon's Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire. Each one has a bookplate with Michael's name & the words 'From Father' on them. The date on each is October 22nd 1959 - Tolkien's present for Michael's 39th birthday.
I know Lal has mentioned this acquisition before, but I just thought I'd make everyone jealous
Very odd feeling to own something bought by Tolkien for one of his children & I'm still in awe to think I own something so personal.
As an aside, I recently saw another book owned by Michael on Ebay with an asking price of £300
- just a random book from his library with no other family connection. My set of six was a third of that price!