Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good 1st USA Edition. Dust jacket has price sticker on front cover and a couple of scuffs. Half inch closed tear at top of back jacket. The letters of JRR Tolkien were selected and edited by Carpenter with the assistance of Christopher Tolkien. Carpenter has also written a biography of Tolkien. JRR apparently was a prolific writer of letters and each letter selected here is supported by explanatory notes. 432 pp. plus: Notes, Index, General Index. Black cloth boards, gilt text, JRR's stylized initials on front, title on spine. Spine ends are lightly worn. Price clipped DJ ($16.95) has small brown spot on spine Rear panel has facsimile of a letter written by Tolkien.

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Title: The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Publication Date: 1981
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0395315557
ISBN 13: 9780395315552
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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This collection will entertain all who appreciate the art of masterful letter writing. The Letters of J.R.R Tolkien sheds much light on Tolkien's creative genius and grand design for the creation of a whole new world: Middle-earth. Featuring a radically expanded index, this volume provides a valuable research tool for all fans wishing to trace the evolution of THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

About the Author

J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished career as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He is the renowned creator of Middle-earth and author of the great modern classic, The Hobbit, the prelude to his epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Other works by J.R.R. Tolkien include The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.

Humphrey Carpenter, the author of THE BRIDESHEAD GENERATION and THE INKLINGS, among other books, was given unrestricted access to all of Tolkien's papers for his biography of Tolkien, J.R.R. TOLKIEN: A BIOGRAPHY.

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