J.R.R.Tolkien: A Biography

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 the author of a best-selling children?s book, ?The Hobbit.? Humphrey Carpenter follows the long and painful process of creation that produced The Lord Of The Rings and The Simarallion and offers a wealth of information about Tolkien?s life and work.* This is a VG+ text copy of the 1st./1st. thus with some slight age and shelf wear.*