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The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide
by Christina Scull; Wayne G. Hammond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0007149182
- ISBN 13
- 9780007149186
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About This Item
HarperCollins, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 5x2x8. One-volume edition of the Readers' Guide (does not include Chronology). First printing with number line to 1. Black boards with silver spine titling, near fine with faintly bumped spine ends. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light edgewear, faint sticker ghost to front panel. Pages clean, text unmarked.
Synopsis
Designed to be the essential reference works for all readers and students, these volumes present the most thorough analysis possible of Tolkien's work within the important context of his life. The Reader's Guide includes brief but comprehensive alphabetical entries on a wide range of topics, including a who's who of important persons, a guide to places and institutions, details concerning Tolkien's source material, information about the political and social upheavals through which the author lived, the importance of his social circle, his service as an infantryman in World War I -- even information on the critical reaction to his work and the "Tolkien cult." The Chronology details the parallel evolutions of Tolkien's works and his academic and personal life in minute detail. Spanning the entirety of his long life including nearly sixty years of active labor on his Middle-earth creations, and drawing on such contemporary sources as school records, war service files, biographies, correspondence, the letters of his close friend C. S. Lewis, and the diaries of W. H. Lewis, this book will be an invaluable resource for those who wish to gain a complete understanding of Tolkien's status as a giant of twentieth-century literature.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Bin
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019873
- Title
- The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide
- Author
- Christina Scull; Wayne G. Hammond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007149182
- ISBN 13
- 9780007149186
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 5x2x8
- X weight
- 50 oz
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