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In your attempts at breaking into the industry, how much did you learn, cause I have some questions. Specifically, how much value do you lose off of a first edition if the dust jacket is slightly damaged (e.g., small part of the front cover torn away)? I have a copy of the first boxed set of the Lord of the Rings trilogy ever released, including the box, and all three dust jackets, with the above damage on two of the three dust jackets. Profit?

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I also have this. This would be the first printing of the second edition. Last I saw it is worth a couple of hundred dollars. With Tolkien condition matters less as the dust jackets were fragile and many people who start collecting start with Tolkien. Still I can look it up if you would like, but the true firsts are the real gold mines.