LEGEND SIGURD GUDRUN DELUXE HB - Hardcover

TOLKIEN (J.R.R). TOLKIEN (C), Ed.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007317255 ISBN 13: 9780007317257

Publisher: HarperCollins, [2009], 2009

Synopsis

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in the UK in 2009 by Harper Collins, the first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero Sigurd the dragon slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall of the Niflungs. Features a color frontispiece of a facsimile page from J.R.R. Tolkien's original manuscript. Quarter-bound in brown with gray boards, stamped in gold foil with a unique motif of Sigurd's horse, Grani, and housed in a matching custom slipcase. Printed on superior quality paper and including a silk ribbon marker.

About this title

Book Description:

HMH hardcover 2009 Previous ISBN 978-0-547-27342-6

About the Author:

J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892. After serving in the First World War, he became best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, selling 150 million copies in more than 40 languages worldwide. Awarded the CBE and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University, he died in 1973 at the age of 81.Christopher Tolkien is the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. Appointed by J.R.R. Tolkien to be his literary executor, he has devoted himself to the publication of his father's unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth. He lives in France with his wife Baillie.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins, [2009]
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007317255
• ISBN 13: 9780007317257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 377