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The Letters of J.R.R.Tolkien. Selected and edited by Humphrey Carpenter. With the assistance of Christopher Tolkien
by Carpenter, Humphrey (ed.) With the assistance of Christopher Tolkien [J.R.R. Tolkien]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0395315557
- ISBN 13
- 9780395315552
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1981 VG/VG. 8vo. original black cloth gilt (a little rubbed & marked, spotting to outer leaves and edges, trifling creasing to a few leaves) in dustwrapper priced $16.95 (rubbed & sunned, fraying and silverfishing, a few marks); pp. [viii (last blank)], 464 (last blank). A very good copy.. First US. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033326
- Title
- The Letters of J.R.R.Tolkien. Selected and edited by Humphrey Carpenter. With the assistance of Christopher Tolkien
- Author
- Carpenter, Humphrey (ed.) With the assistance of Christopher Tolkien [J.R.R. Tolkien]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First US
- ISBN 10
- 0395315557
- ISBN 13
- 9780395315552
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Humphrey Carpenter Letters of JRR Tolkien English Literature Fantasy John Ronald Ruell Tolkien Oxford Theology Literary Criticism
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About the Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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