Sir Gawain And The Green Knight by J.R.R. Tolkien, and E.V. Gordon. Edited by - 1949

Clarendon Press, 1979. 7th impression. Paper covers enclosed in plastic wallet. V.g./No Jacket. Little used.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. 211 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Occasional minor pencil marginalia. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 5th reprint of 1930 correct edition. First edition was 1925. Many pencilled annotations, mostly translations. A few ink additions. Owner name to front pastedown. Dustwrapper price-clipped , edge worn with minor loss. Reading copy but presentable in new Brodart plastic overwrapper.

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1963 (reprint).. pp. xxvii, (i), 211, (i). Frontispiece, 1 plate. Some pencil marginalia, dust wrapper with spine faded and a bit of wear at the spine ends, else a very good copy.

Oxford Univ Pr, 1967-06-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Oxford: Clarendon, 1925. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth. Spine lightly sunned, occasional foxing. Neat pencil annotations throughout. Ownership signature and address to front free endpaper. First edition. 8vo.

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xxvii, (1), 211,(1)pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title and gilt rule and device on the upper board. Glossary, Index. Corners and spine tips with light wear, else this is a very good copy. It is remarkable free from underlining or notes so often seen in this title. Seldom found in such nice shape. The errata slip is present at page vii. .

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xxvii, (1), 211,(1)pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title and gilt rule and device on the upper board. Glossary, Index. Aside form some foxing on the top edge and fore-edge, a fine bright copy, without any underlining or notes so often seen. Seldom found in such nice shape. .

Oxford: at the Clarendon Press,, 1925. Behind our poem stalk the figures of elder myth First edition, first impression, of Tolkien's second published book, a scholarly edition of this major Arthurian romance. The poem had a huge influence on Tolkien, who described it "as one of the masterpieces of 14th-century art in England, and of English Literature as a whole" (Monsters, p. 72). His edition "opened new fields of study, remaining the standard, in revised form, throughout the 20th century" (ODNB). Though the publisher implored Tolkien and his co-editor Gordon to keep its length under 160 pages, they successfully argued that the poem's fecund vocabulary deserved an extended glossary and notes, which bulk the volume to 212 pages. In this copy, a reader has neatly pencilled many annotations that demonstrate a keen awareness of the text's linguistic roots and original pronunciation. Tolkien prepared the text and glossary and Gordon produced the greater part of the notes. Tolkien's own translation of the… Read More