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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A tight and unmarked copy-Covers have light creasing-Spine is uncreased.-Category: Biography & Autobiography-There may be a corner of the world where the name J.R.R. Tolkien is unknown, but you would be hard-pressed to find it. Since their publication, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been published in every major language of the world. And though he single-handedly gave a mythology to the English and was beloved by millions, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien remained refreshingly unchanged by his fame and fortune, living out his days simply and modestly among the familiar surroundings of Oxford College. Humphrey Carpenter, who was given unrestricted access to Tolkien's papers, brilliantly puts meat to the bones of the Tolkien legend in J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, offering a well-rounded portrayal of this quiet, bookish man who always saw himself first and foremost as a philologist,… Read More
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1978* Publisher: Unwin Paperbacks.* Binding and cover condition: Coloured photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minor shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge but spine is slightly darkened. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight paper colouration to page margins and edges. VG+* Illustrations: One 8pp block of b/w photos.* Pages: 260 pp. text. xviii pp. appendices & index at rear.* Product Description:- In this full-length, authorised biography, Humphrey Carpenter draws upon all of Tolkien?s private papers, diaries and manuscripts, together with interviews with family and friends. He builds up a fascinating portrait of Tolkien?s childhood, adolescence and war service and recounts how Tolkien achieved high repute as a scholar and university teacher. Then suddenly Tolkien found himself… Read More
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