Roverandom
by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0395957990
- ISBN 13
- 9780395957998
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Borderlands Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000-233435
- Title
- Roverandom
- Author
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- N/A (volume is softcover)
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0395957990
- ISBN 13
- 9780395957998
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...