The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
by Tolkien, J. R. R.; edited by Christopher Tolkien
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0007317239
- ISBN 13
- 9780007317233
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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Synopsis
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is a previously unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien, written while Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford during the 1920s and 30s, before he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . It makes available for the first time Tolkien’s extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Völsung and The Fall of the Niflungs. It includes an introduction by J.R.R. Tolkien, drawn from one of his own lectures on Norse literature, with commentary and notes on the poems by Christopher Tolkien.
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22871
- Title
- The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
- Author
- Tolkien, J. R. R.; edited by Christopher Tolkien
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007317239
- ISBN 13
- 9780007317233
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (2009)
- Keywords
- 0007317239
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