Lot 207
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Collection of posthumous works
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
all 8vo, original cloth or boards with dust jackets:
The Old English Exodus. Edited by Joan Turville-Petre. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. First edition, one of 3,000 copies [Hammond B35];
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1975. First edition [Hammond B30];
Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode. Edited by Alan Bliss. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1982. First edition [Hammond B36];
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays. Edited by Christopher Tolkein. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1983. First edition [Hammond A19];
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Edited by Humphrey Carpenter with the assistance of Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981. First edition, 22.1cm x 14.2cm [Hammond Di1];
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Edited with introduction, commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, London 1980. 22.2cm x 14.2cm [Hammond A17]. Publisher’s overprice sticker on front flap of dust jacket;
The History of Middle-Earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin [-Guild Publishing; Unwin Hyman; Harper Collins], 1983-96. Volumes 1-9 and 12 (of 12), first editions, first impressions of volumes. 5-9 and 12, second impression of volume 1, Guild Publishing (Book Club) editions of volumes 2-4 (volume 3 additionally marked second impression), [Hammond A21-29];
Tolkien, Christopher. The Saga of King Heidrick the Wise translated from the Icelandic with Introduction, Notes and Appendices. London: Thomas Nelsons & Sons, 1960. First edition, 23.9cm x 15.4cm. No dust jacket;
Foster, Robert. The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1978. First edition;
Shippey, T.A. The Road to Middle-Earth. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1982. First edition, publisher’s overprice sticker on front flap of dust jacket;
Carpenter, Humphrey. J.R.R. Tolkien, A Biography. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. First edition;
together with 75 modern Tolkien-related works (95)