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TOLKIEN, J.R.R; CARPENTER, Humphrey & TOLKIEN, Christopher (editors).

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Stock Code 120789

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1981.

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The first edition, first impression of the collected letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

First edition, first impression; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); facsimile letter frontispiece, light spotting to for-edge; publisher's brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge stained brown, original brown typographic dustjacket, design in gilt to upper cover and lettered in white to cover and spine, inner flap with retailer's price sticker, extremities a little creased, very good plus; [6], 463, [1]pp.

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