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2000. 2000 Carpenter, Humphrey, ed THE LETTERS OF JRR TOLKIEN Christopher Tolkien Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000 502pp, index, 8vo, new softcover,

Houghton Mifflin, June 2000. Paper Back. New.

Boston, MA, USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Very Good/Good. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Dust jacket in good condition with moderate wear and sunning. Pictures available upon request. . AP.

Boston, MA, USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. hardcover with dust jacket. fine/good. Near fine and fine condition. No visible defects. Former owner's name inside. Dust jacket in good condition with moderate wear, small tears, chips and rubbing present. Pictures available upon request.. ND.

New York: William Morrow, 2023. Revised and Expanded Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. New. Revised and expanded edition. An exceptional copy. 2023 Hard Cover. xii, 708 pp. The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, was one of the most prolific letter-writers of the last century. Over the years he wrote a mass of letters—to his publishers, to members of his family, to friends, and to “fans” of his books—which often reveal the inner workings of his mind, and which record the history of composition of his works and his reaction to subsequent… Read More

Mariner Books, 2000-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Original brown-coloured cloth with coloured top edge, gilt titles to backstrip, pp. 463. VG condition, nice and square, pushed at the spine tips, the top edge has a lost a little of its colouring. Dustjacket is creased at the spine tips, rubbed at the upper corners with minor loss of the laminate. Tanned at the flaps and while not clipped, lacks printed price at the front flap. A bit shelf-worn along the edges in places and the rear panel is almost two-tone, i.e. brown and very dark brown which is presumably a production fault. Not Fine by any means but a presentable copy, nonetheless.

George Allen & Unwin, 1981. Book and dust jacket in excellent condition. Slight rubbling to dust jacket, and remains of a sticker on inside flap.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1981. First edition, first printing. Published by George Allen and Unwin in London, 1981. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is so slightly sunned at the spine and the front panel, though the titling and gilt details are bright. It has not been price clipped. The boards are tight and free from chips and marks. The text blocks bright and white throughout. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in near fine condition, cast from fine due to the very slight fading. A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the worlds most famous storytellers.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1981. [Letters and biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 463 [1]. Frontispiece facsimile of Tolkien's 1938 letter to Charles Furth which he enclosed with the first chapter of 'The Fellowship of the Ring.' Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the brown typographic dust-jacket, unpriced. Top edge brown. Previous ownership inscription in blue ink to flyleaf, otherwise a fine, fresh copy in like jacket. A full collection of J.R.R. Tolkien's letters to friends, family, and publishers.