Tree Leaf by Tolkien: First Edition (32 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Two paperbacks of important works by Tolkien: First is a re-set of "On fairy-stories" and "Leaf by Niggle" it offers the underlying philosophy of much of tolkien's fantastical writings. Along with the short story Smith of Wootton Major and a play; The Homecoming of Beorthnoth. The second book is a collection of tolkien's 'expanded' Middle Earth stories (mostly longer versions of tales from The Silmarillion, but there are plenty of revealing Lord of the Rings moments featuring old faves Gandalf, Elrond, The Nazgul, Balrogs et al) edited into a single volume by the authors son, Christopher Tolkien. Condition very good to near fine; foxing around all edges some color fading of covers. Insides are very good with slight browning of pages. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard cover:Near fine. Dust jacket: Very good +. Book is full bound in blue cloth. The spine and covers are in fine condition with no creases or bumps. The author, title and publisher are printed in gilt on the spine, and the title appears in gilt on the front cover. The text block is case bound and free of marks, folds or creases, with a red top edge and barely perceptible brown spots on front edge. (See seller's photo) The clipped dust jacket is in very good condition, with a single tear, mild chipping at the top and base of spine, and minor sunning to the spine and joints of the back panel. This book is composed of two parts: an essay "On Fairy Tales" and a short story "Leaf by Niggle". Of the former, the dust jacket states "Mr. Tolkien rescues the fairy tale from the academic theorists on the one hand and the sentimentalists on the other." In his introductory note, Tolkien comments that these two essays "…were written in the same period (1938-39), when The Lord of the Rings was beginning to unroll itself and to unfold prospects of labour and exploration in yet unknown country as daunting to me as to the hobbits." Besides his Lord of the Rings, Tolkien is also admired in academic circles for his 1936 essay "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" that was crucial to the renewed appreciation of that epic as a work of literature. Dust jacket design by Robert Quackenbush for this edition. $100.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fifth impression. Bound in the publisher's cloth in a clipped dust wrapper. The wrapper lightly toned to the spine, the edges lightly grazed; a few light spots. The closed page edges lightly spotted. A bright early edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition paperback. Water damage to bottom corner of covers and first and last page. Laminate to covers has brown and has also lifted to bottom corner. No damage to text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st US Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardbound w/ Dust Jacket. Bright, unclipped dust jacket shows some minor edgewear and light fading to its spine. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior pages clean and binding sound. RARE. …

Condition: Good+. dj. First Edition. First American Edition, Sixth Printing. 8vo. Red cloth boards with blue titles. Dust jacket, unclipped. Heavily marred by tape residue along the top and bottom edges of the outer cloth boards and to the front and rear endpapers. Strong mildew odor. dark staining along bottom edge of endpapers. Text is clean; Spine sound. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar showing matching tape stains on the reverse of the flaps. Bringing together two of Tolkien's shorter works: his essay "On Fairy-Stories" and the short story "Leaf by Niggle." Originally delivered as an Andrew Lang Lecture, the essay outlines Tolkien's philosophy of myth, fantasy, and "Sub-creation". The accompanying story serves as a deeply personal allegory of artistic creation and the anxieties of completion. This volume remains an indispensable reference for scholars and enthusiasts seeking to understand the intellectual scaffolding behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 112 pages, 8vo. First American Edition, Third Printing. Jacket price is unclipped. Shelfwear to DJ: light suffing, 1/4-inch missing piece along top edge of front cover, some light chipping along edges. DJ in mylar. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. 1989 new and enlarged edition. Clean and unmarked. EB.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First printing. Dust jacket is in fair to good condition; book is in very good to excellent condition. Dust jacket has tears, edge wear, chips, rubbing, tape on the front, and fading on the spine. Dust jacket spine has a small hole in the middle. Price shows $4.00. Jacket is in a new protective Brodart cover. Blue-gray linen-covered boards have a little rubbing on the spine ends, but minimal wear. Pages are clean and crisp. Gift inscription on one of the blank front end pages. No funky odors. Very good readable condition. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, 1st impression, 1964, light toning to covers, contents clean and bright, no signatures inscriptions or bookplates. A very good copy. Both the hard back and the paperback first edition, 1st impression were released in 1964.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Still stiff to open in clean black cloth with just the faintest haze to top and front edge; in bright clean dust jacket. 1 of 4000 in the first printing.; 4.5 X 0.5 X 7 inches; 101 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Laminated ilustrated card cover, clean and bright, very slight roll to spine. Very pale spotting to the upper closed page edge. Text block firm. Small neat ink inscription inside the front. Pages smooth and clean, no foxing, just very lightly age-toned. A very good tidy copy of this scarce edition.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1965 Houghton Mifflin first American edition, first printing in chipped price intact jacket. Ownership ink to flyleaf. Tight binding text unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. J.R.R. Tolkien's Tree and Leaf holds an essential place in the development of modern fantasy and mythopoeic literature. Published in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin Company, this volume is the first American printing of Tolkien's essay On Fairy-Stories, where he coins the literary term "eucatastrophe" and articulates the literary merits of fantasy as a serious literary genre. The book also includes Leaf by Niggle, an allegorical story rich in theological and artistic imagery. The juxtaposition of these two texts offers a window into Tolkien's literary and creative philosophy. Octavo (8vo), single volume. Very Good condition; blue cloth boards are clean with very minor edgewear, text block is loose but intact, and pages show marginal age-toning with some annotations from a previous reader. Very Good original dust jacket designed by Robert Quackenbush is present with some chipping at edges and top of spine, unclipped price at $4.00, light toning and staining to rear panel. Collation: viii, 112 pp. Edition: First U.S. edition, First Printing stated. #31102 PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). Tree and Leaf. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First American edition. First printing, with First Printing W and First American Edition 1965 stated on the copyright page. Octavo (8vo). viii, 112 pp. Publisher's blue-gray cloth, lettering to front board and spine in gilt, orange top edges. In Original pictorial dust jacket, now protected in mylar cover; jacket artwork by Robert Quackenbush. Tree and Leaf brings together Tolkien's influential essay On Fairy-Stories, an examination and defense of the fairy story as a vital and distinctive form of literature, and Leaf by Niggle, his allegorical tale of a struggling painter whose unfinished tree becomes unexpectedly real. On Fairy-Stories was first published in Essays Presented to Charles Williams in 1947, while Leaf by Niggle first appeared in The Dublin Review in 1945. Contents generally clean and unmarked, with light, even toning; previous owner's signature, dated 1985, to the front free endpaper. Binding remains sound and square; blue-gray cloth with minor rubbing to the spine foot and lower corners; gilt lettering well preserved. Dust jacket with corner of inner flap clipped, although the bookseller's sticker price of $5.95 remains, minor edgewear at the head and foot of the dust jacket, and a closed tear to the upper edge. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. References: Hammond and Anderson, J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, A7c, pp. 191-192. [Attributes: First Edition; First Printing; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket.]. QUACKENBUSH, Robert (1929-2021) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First US edition, first impression, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1965. Originally published in the UK by George Allen & Unwin a year earlier. Unclipped dust jacket is generally smart, a short closed tear to the top edge, back panel a little tanned, now a tidy removable protective wrapper. Dark greyish blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to the front and spine, orange or light red top edge, securely bound. Dark greyish blue endpapers, clean tidy pages, no inscriptions. Very good condition. The US edition is a slightly larger format than the UK edition, it measures approx 21x14cm, with a unique dust jacket design by Robert Quackenbush. Tree and Leaf comprises of On Fairy Stories, Leaf By Niggle, and an introductory note by the author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, published by George Allen & Unwin in 1964. Unclipped dust jacket with heavy foxing, a little tanned to the spine, a little wear to the top of spine, a few short tears, now in a smart removable protective wrapper. Dark green covers with bright gilt lettering to the spine, strong green top edge, securely bound, heavy foxing to the page edges, sporadic to pages, previous owners name in pen to the free endpaper. Good other than the foxing. 19x13cm, 92 pages plus publishers ads at back.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Allen and Unwin 1964 first UK Edition. A lovely example of this now very rare book. Book and jacket very good plus, minor fading to jacket spine colors which is common. Jacket has several closed tears, but not noticeable in the Mylar. Book in read once condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tree and Leaf, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1964, J R R Tolkien letter signature, George Allen and Unwin. Gift inscription to front end paper dated 1964, with Tolkien signature below. Book clean and bright throughout, boards clean, spine a little sun faded, gilt titles bright, some light foxing to text block edge. Dust jacket very good with some very small chipping, spine a little sun faded, NOT price clipped. A very good copy. Books are exempt from US tariffs. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, published by George Allen & Unwin in 1964. Price clipped dust jacket is generally bright, spine tanned, with some chipping to the bottom edge, fore edges with some wear to very small chips. Jacket now in an archival quality removable protective wrapper. Dark green covers and top edge, a few minor marks to the top edge, bright gilt lettering to the spine, bottom edge of spine lightly bumped, the boards are very, very slightly splayed. Previous owners name in pen to the front free endpaper, the title page has a small scuff, probably where something has been erased. Pages otherwise clean and tidy. Good + condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 92 Pp + Catalog At End. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Near Fine Dj, Not Price Clipped, Minute Loss At Top Of Two Flap Folds, No Foxing, Bright And Clean, Hint Of Fading To Spine Panel.

First American edition. 8vo, hardcover, dust jacket,112 pp. Some slight edgewear to dj (still in very nice shape), normal aging; otherwise in really good condition. Third printing.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Originally published in 1964 [Allen & Unwin, London]. Very Fine in black cloth, glossy dark green dustwrapper, not price-clipped. This reissue includes the text of the poem Mythopoeia. Q21231.

First Edition. 12mo, softcover pictorial wrappers, 92pp. [4p advertisements]. First paperback edition, with 'First published in this edition 1964' to copyright statement. List of Unwin titles to rear wrapper, printed autograph to title page. Wrappers present mild wear to corners, both wraps lean upwards, ownership signature to reverse of front wrap, a small diagonal crease to lower corner of preliminary pages of text. Pages faintly age toned. Contents clean, binding firm and square. A scarce first paperback edition of the small anthology of two apocryphal works by Tolkien, gathering his essay 'On Fairy Stories' and the allegorical story 'Leaf by Niggle.' Edition does not include the accompanying drawings by Pauline Baynes. A very good copy, in rather remarkable condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Paperback Printing. A Very Good or much better example of this original paperback printing. Published the same year as the hardback. Some light spotting to page edges and prelims. Toned overall, as usual with the publisher's laminate. Minor wear to corners. Slight creasing to spine. Minor chip to laminate at foot. A rare Tolkien edition. Cat. No. 00677. …

First edition. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt, in the original printed dustwrapper. A near fine copy, clean externally but quite foxed internally, in a near fine dustwrapper, very bright and crisp, but with some tape residue to the edges of the flaps. Contains Tolkien's lecture 'On Fairy Stories' and his story "Leaf By Niggle".…

First edition. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt, in the original printed dustwrapper. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Both the jacket and the book are spotted. There are four brown rustmarks to the lower panel of the dustwrapper, that have burned through to the lower cover of the book. Contains Tolkien's lecture 'On Fairy Stories' and his story "Leaf By Niggle".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight exceptionally bright copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($4.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Tolkien's two works on "the meaning and value of myth and fantasy." The works included are a revised version of his essay "On Fairy Stories" (1947) and the allegorical short story "Leaf by Niggle" (1945). Both pieces were re-issued in the collection The Tolkien Reader (1966), and have also appeared in various subsequent collections. …

Condition: Very good. First Edition. Uncorrected proof of the first US edition of Tolkien's long essay on fairy tales, accompanied by an exemplary story - W.H. Auden's copy. Though unsigned, this copy is W.H. Auden's, with his markings in the text and notes (including a list of the seven deadly sins) on the blank verso of the last leaf. Auden famously wrote a 1954 NEW YORK TIMES review raving about THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS, which in no small part helped legitimize Tolkien in literary circles: "No fiction I have read in the last five years has given me more joy." He also shared a friendly correspondence with Tolkien, exchanging letters frequently over the years and receiving advance copies of the next two installments of the series. He also, the year after TREE AND LEAF appeared, spoke at a New York gathering of the Tolkien Society. Tolkien himself later contributed a lovely poem in Anglo-Saxon and English titled "For W.H.A." as part of a festschrift for Auden's sixtieth birthday in SHENANDOAH. This book, in many ways a critical defense of the kind of stories Auden had previously so lavishly praised, would have undoubtedly been of particular interest. An excellent association and rare in this format. 11'' x 5.5''. Original plastic-comb-bound printed pale blue wrappers. [2], 82 pages. With Auden's marginal marks throughout and his notes on the final leaf. Offsetting and small coffee(?) stains mostly confined on wrappers, a bit musty. Comb intact.…

first edition. near fine softcover, some spotting, small store bookplate inside.