The Letters of J R R Tolkien
Carpenter, Humphrey and Christopher Tolkien
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, CanadaLower Beverley Better Books
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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. Bookseller's Inventory # 071029.
Seller Inventory # 001029
- Title
- The Letters of J R R Tolkien
- Author
- Carpenter, Humphrey and Christopher Tolkien
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
- Publication year
- 1981
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0395315557
- ISBN 13
- 9780395315552
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Biography, Historical Figures, Non-fiction
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About the Author
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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Lower Beverley Better Books
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