ROVERANDOM
by Tolkien, J. R. R. (edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0261103547
- ISBN 13
- 9780261103542
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
In 1925, while on vacation with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his favorite toy, a little lead dog he was reluctant to put down even to dig in the sand. To console and distract him, his father, J. R. R. Tolkien, improvised a story - the story of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into a toy, who, after many fantastic adventures in search of the wizard who wronged him, at last wins back his life. This charming tale, peopled by a wise old whale and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, was a Tolkien family favorite, going through several typewritten drafts over many years. In 1936, Tolkien submitted it to his British publishers as a possible follow-up to The Hobbit. What his publishers really wanted, however, was another story about Middle-earth, and so he set aside this little book to begin his masterwork, The Lord of the Rings.
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231704
- Title
- ROVERANDOM
- Author
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond)
- Illustrator
- J. R. R. Tolkien;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0261103547
- ISBN 13
- 9780261103542
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- lord of the rings; hobbit; movie; film; motion picture; cinema; tie in; supernatural literature; speculative fiction; weird tales; heroic; epic; high; light; dark fantasy; lost world; wizard; wizardry; magic; sorcerer; swords; sorcery; folklore;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy;
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- Rubbing
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- 12mo
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