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Splintered Light : Logos and Language in Tolkien's World. By Verlyn Flieger. GRAND RAPIDS : 1983
by FLIEGER, Verlyn, 1933-. [ TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. ]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802819559
- ISBN 13
- 9780802819550
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. GRAND RAPIDS : 1983. The scarce first printing. Paperback. Blue pictorial covers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. FINE. (xxi), 267 pages. Bibliography. Index. A man of antitheses -- Dyscatastrophe -- Eucatastrophe -- "Poetic diction" and splintered light -- Fantasy and phenomena -- Splintered light and splintered being -- Theme and variations -- A disease of mythology -- Perception = name = identity -- Ourselves as others see us -- amazing wine and cellar doors -- Light and heat -- Making versus hoarding -- Light out of darkness -- Beyond the music -- Light for light -- Beren and Thingol -- The smallest fragment -- Filled with clear light -- One good custom. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053398
- Title
- Splintered Light : Logos and Language in Tolkien's World. By Verlyn Flieger. GRAND RAPIDS : 1983
- Author
- FLIEGER, Verlyn, 1933-. [ TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802819559
- ISBN 13
- 9780802819550
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Tolkien Collectables, The Lord of the Rings, Inklings,
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Rosley Books
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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