Unfinished Tales
by Tolkien, J.R.R
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395299179
- ISBN 13
- 9780395299173
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited and with an Introduction, Commentary, Index, and Maps by Christopher Tolkien. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, rubbed at the surface, some loss to the rear flap fold. Green cloth with silver and green gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a yellow top stain, some foxing at the bottom edge, clean internally. A collection of writing ranging from "the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the war of the Rings.
Synopsis
Unfinished Tales (full title Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth) is a collection of stories and essays by J. R. R. Tolkien that were never completed during his lifetime, but were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1980.
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Details
- Seller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8218
- Title
- Unfinished Tales
- Author
- Tolkien, J.R.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395299179
- ISBN 13
- 9780395299173
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Fantasy, British Literature, Books to Film, 20th Century Fiction, Short Stories, Middle Earth, Gandalf, Dwarves, Hobbit
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Fine
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- Book Club Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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