Saw this and wished I were rich...... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Essex · 03-24-2005, 05:16 PM

a bit of a cop out that the books are only signed by the RECIPIENT of the letters.

I wouldn't mind an original LETTER from tolkien though, I suppose.

Boromir88 · 03-24-2005, 05:53 PM

Even if I had that kind of money, I wouldn't get it. I mean it would be neat to have such a thing, but there are many instances where the stuff you buy off the internet isn't really what you paid for. A lot of the times it's just imitations. It would be neat to get my hands on it (if it was what it says it is).

Rimbaud · 03-25-2005, 08:42 AM

When surely you really want this .

Kuruharan · 03-25-2005, 10:43 AM

...drool, drool, drool...

Bêthberry · 03-25-2005, 11:57 AM

Bah I say. What's all this hoarding of relics?

Next someone will be auctioning off the cutlery from the Tolkien family table, or perhaps the letter-opening knife which Tolkien used and calling it a relic from some barrow. Or mayhap a brooch of Edith's. Me? I 'm holding out for a bottle of the last waters that flooded over Meneltarma.

ElementFire · 03-26-2005, 09:51 AM

wow *whistles* spiffy

Kitanna · 03-27-2005, 06:50 PM

My dad's copies of LOTR are like that. Though it's not the first edition, it's the revised edition, but it looks the same to me.
But I don't think it's worth it to buy those books. You'd never want to read them. Which kinda defeats the purpose.

03-24-2005, 05:53 PM	#2
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,522	Even if I had that kind of money, I wouldn't get it. I mean it would be neat to have such a thing, but there are many instances where the stuff you buy off the internet isn't really what you paid for. A lot of the times it's just imitations. It would be neat to get my hands on it (if it was what it says it is). __________________ Fenris Penguin

03-25-2005, 08:42 AM	#3
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Cheap at the price When surely you really want this . __________________ And all the rest is literature

03-25-2005, 10:43 AM	#4
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,594	Wow! ...drool, drool, drool... __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

03-25-2005, 11:57 AM	#5
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,007	Bah I say. What's all this hoarding of relics? Next someone will be auctioning off the cutlery from the Tolkien family table, or perhaps the letter-opening knife which Tolkien used and calling it a relic from some barrow. Or mayhap a brooch of Edith's. Me? I 'm holding out for a bottle of the last waters that flooded over Meneltarma. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

03-26-2005, 09:51 AM	#6
ElementFire Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Gama Quadrant Posts: 33	wow whistles spiffy __________________ He who stands on toilet is high on pot. XP I don't do kung fu, I do kung lamb!!!

03-24-2005, 05:16 PM	#1
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	a bit of a cop out that the books are only signed by the RECIPIENT of the letters. I wouldn't mind an original LETTER from tolkien though, I suppose.

03-27-2005, 06:50 PM	#7
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	My dad's copies of LOTR are like that. Though it's not the first edition, it's the revised edition, but it looks the same to me. But I don't think it's worth it to buy those books. You'd never want to read them. Which kinda defeats the purpose. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain