Tolkien: A Look Behind the "Lord of the Rings" by Carter, Lin ( re: J. R. R. Tolkien ) - 1973

Random House Publishing Group, 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Ballantine, 1974. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Very good. 1974, later printing, Ballantine, light wear.

Ballantine, 1973. Mass Market Paperback - VG - Book is clean and tight with light wear - 211 pages.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Ballantine Books, 1972-08-12. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

New York: Ballantine (1973).. Soft cover. Very Good. Later printing. Paperback. 211 pp. Bibliography. A solid copy with only light wear.

Minor toning, else content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with fine pictorial wraps displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown. You can feel the tightness of NEWAbout The Book: Carter's study was intended to serve as an introduction to Tolkien for those unfamiliar with his work. His introduction briefly reviews the publishing phenomenon of The Lord of the Rings and its burgeoning popularity in the wake of the first paperback editions in the 1960s, after which he devotes three chapters to a short biography of the author through the late 1960s, including an account of how The Lord of the Rings was written. Four chapters explaining Tolkien's invented Middle-earth and summarizing the stories of The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings follow, for the benefit of readers who may not have yet actually read the works. Carter next turns to the question of what the works are, a point of some confusion at the time. The then-current vogue… Read More

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Ballantine Books, 1972-08-12. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!