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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395315557
- ISBN 13
- 9780395315552
- Seller
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Very good in like jacket. Minor but noticeable dampstaining to fore edges of pages and to block. Ownership sticker to front pastedown. Noticeable edgewear and shelfwear to jacket. Minor dampstaining to top jacket edges. Sunning to jacket spine. Small tears and chipping to back jacket edge. Else, a solid copy. Brodart wrapped.
Synopsis
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien is a selection of J. R. R. Tolkien's letters published in 1981, edited by Tolkien's biographer Humphrey Carpenter assisted by Christopher Tolkien. The selection contains 354 letters, dating between October 1914, when Tolkien was an undergraduate at Oxford, and August 29, 1973, four days before his death.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblioasis (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013612
- Title
- The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Author
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395315557
- ISBN 13
- 9780395315552
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 463
- X weight
- 0 kg
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Biblioasis
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signed books, the eighteenth century, and books about books. Open since 1998, we
have a large selection of history, literature, philosophy, art, music, religion,
science, and technical books.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.