Tolkien : a biography [ A visit -- 1892-1916 : early years. Bloemfontein ; Birmingham ; "Private-lang." and Edith ; "T.C., B.S., etc." ; Oxford ; Reunion ; War ; The breaking of the fellowship -- 1917-1925 : the making of a mythology. Lost tales ; Oxford interlude ; Northern venture -- 1925-1949 (I) : "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". Oxford life ; Photographs observed ; "He had been inside language" ; Jack ; Northmoor Road ; The storyteller -- 1925-1949 (II) : the third age. Enter Mr. Baggins ; "The new Hobbit" -- 1949-1966 : Success. Slamming the gates ; A big risk ; Cash or kudos -- 1959-1973 : Last years. Headington ; Bournemouth ; Merton Street -- The tree]
by Carpenter, Humphrey. ; [Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.]
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977, 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition] ; 1st printing ; 287 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0395253608; 9780395253601 ; LCCN: 77-9081 ; LC: PR6039.O32; Dewey: B; NLC: PR6039.O64 ; OCLC: 3068053 ; Contents: A visit -- 1892-1916 : early years. Bloemfontein ; Birmingham ; "Private-lang." and Edith ; "T.C., B.S., etc." ; Oxford ; Reunion ; War ; The breaking of the fellowship -- 1917-1925 : the making of a mythology. Lost tales ; Oxford interlude ; Northern venture -- 1925-1949 (I) : "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". Oxford life ; Photographs observed ; "He had been inside language" ; Jack ; Northmoor Road ; The storyteller -- 1925-1949 (II) : the third age. Enter Mr. Baggins ; "The new Hobbit" -- 1949-1966 : Success. Slamming the gates ; A big risk ; Cash or kudos -- 1959-1973 : Last years. Headington ; Bournemouth ; Merton Street -- The tree.; "The authorized biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the epic 'The Lord of the Rings.'" ; some wear to dustjacket ; text on flylef, G/G .
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- Tolkien : a biography [ A visit -- 1892-1916 : early years. Bloemfontein ; Birmingham ; "Private-lang." and Edith ; "T.C., B.S., etc." ; Oxford ; Reunion ; War ; The breaking of the fellowship -- 1917-1925 : the making of a mythology. Lost tales ; Oxford interlude ; Northern venture -- 1925-1949 (I) : "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". Oxford life ; Photographs observed ; "He had been inside language" ; Jack ; Northmoor Road ; The storyteller -- 1925-1949 (II) : the third age. Enter Mr. Baggins ; "The new Hobbit" -- 1949-1966 : Success. Slamming the gates ; A big risk ; Cash or kudos -- 1959-1973 : Last years. Headington ; Bournemouth ; Merton Street -- The tree]
- Author
- Carpenter, Humphrey. ; [Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.]
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395253608
- ISBN 13
- 9780395253601
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Anglicists -- Great Britain -- Biography. Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Fantasy literature -- Authorship. inlkings Allen & Unwin Anglo-Saxon Arthur Arthur Tolkien became began beginning Beowulf Birmi
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