Description: GREG AND TIM HILDEBRANDTTHE TOLKIEN YEARSSIGNED BY BOTH GREG AND TIM HILDEBRANDT 2001 I PURCHASED THIS SIGNED EDITION DIRECTLY FROM GREG HILDEBRANDT AT THE SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON IN JULY OF 2006. HE WAS SIGNING AT THE 'EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY' ART AND BOOKS BOOTH THAT DAY. BOTH GREG AND TIM HILDEBRANDT SIGNED THIS HAND-NUMBERED EDITION. HAND-NUMBERED AS 502 OF 1000 COPIES. THE SLIPCASE SHOWS SIGNS OF SLIGHT RUBS AND SMUDGES AND DUST. STURDY SHARP CONSTRUCTION WITH NO DENTS. IT WAS KEPT IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED IT IN 2006. NONETHELESS SOME DUST. THE BOOK INSIDE BARELY HAS A FEW RUBS SMUDGES AND DUST. THE FRONT COVER ART IS FANTASTIC AND CLEAN. OVERALL THIS WAS ONLY VIEWED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HAS REMAINED IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE SINCE 2006. BRILLIANT CONDITION. TIM HILDEBRAND HAD PASSED AWAY WHEN I MET GREG SO THE TWO BEAUTIFUL SKETCHES THAT GREG HILDEBRANDT SKETCHED TO THE FRONT AND REAR FREE ENDPAPERS ARE SIGNED BY GREG HILDEBRANDT ONLY. THE SKETCH ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER IS FRODO (I ASSUME IT'S FRODO NOT BILBO) THE SKETCH ON THE REAR ENDPAPER IS GANDALF. YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE A GREAT DIGITAL JPEG IMAGE OF GREG HILDEBRANDT THAT I PERSONALLY TOOK THAT DAY IN 2006. THE DIGITAL JPEG IMAGE WILL BE SENT VIA EBAY MESSAGING AFTER PURCHASE, SHIPPED WITHIN THE USA ONLY
Price: 599.95 USD
Location: Lakeside, California
End Time: 2024-12-05T12:45:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: 25 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Subject: Illustrated
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 2001
Language: English
Illustrator: Greg and Tim Hildebrandt
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered, Slipcase, TWO hand-drawn sketches
Author: Gregory Hildebrandt Jr
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: Lord of the Rings
Hand Numbered 502 of 1000 copies: Signed by BOTH brothers. Greg and Tim
