The Father Christmas Letters by J. R. R Tolkien ISBN 13: 9780048231307

Grafton, 1976-12-31. Hardcover. Good.

George Allen and Unwin, UK, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Size: 4to (11 to 13 inches). Item Type: Book. Text body is clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine fine. Slight foxing front/rear pages. Edges slightly foxed and browned.. Minor damo crinkling to pges but no staining. ISBN: 0048231304. ISBN/EAN: 9780048231307.. 9780048231307

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1976 unpaginated, 46pp, tidy used copy with just some minor handling to the illustrated boards, residue of label to lower cover, inside clean, letters from Father Christmas penned by Tolkien to his son. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J R R Tolkien. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

UK,slim Qro HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn first published in 1976.Issued without a dw/dj, these were to be issued on subsequent US edns only.The UK HB 1st edn,was published with a low print run,believed to be only 50,000 copies worldwide.] No owner inscrptn,no board-printed price,but original gilt background with black lettering to circular adhesive label with no price removal (£2.50) stuck to lower,fore-edge corner of rear board. Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - bottom corners with the merest hint of gentle curl/pushing,top corners sharp,glossy,colour pictorial illustrated covers with red and white lettering to front cover,similar to spine/ backstrip with black lettered publisher name in a white panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present; front board scoring/indent-free but minimal,minor,superficial scoring to rear board and clean,plain white endpapers with minimal,sporadic but faint spooting to… Read More

Allen & Unwin, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!