The Letters Of J.R.R. Tolkien [1st Ed]

$125

Edited by Humphrey Carpenter [assisted by Christopher Tolkien]

Wonderful collection of correspondence

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  • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien [1892-1973] was a wonderful & prolific correspondent with friends, family, colleagues & fans
  • Compiled by renowned biographer Humphrey Carpeter & assisted by Tolkien’s son Christopher

The letters not only include fresh information about Middle-earth & its inhabitants, but also many analyses by Tolkien himself of the meanings of his stories

  • First Printing [George Allen & Unwin, London, 1981]; [x], 464 pages; brown cloth, gold titling to spine, gently bumped at spine ends, brown topstain, 1cm round mark, a near-fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacketa little rubbed & bumped along edges; ISBN: 0-04-826005-3 / 0048260053