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J. R. R. Tolkien: The Complete Guide Being The Complete Guide To Middle-Earth + J. R. R. Tolkien a Biography
by FOSTER Robert & Humphrey Carpenter
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0048030015
- ISBN 13
- 9780048030016
- Seller
-
Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Unwin, 1978 ISBN 0049280392 & 0048030015, two soft covered paperbacks in a slip case, first paperback editions, both are VG condition, the Guide to Middle Earth has reading creses to spine, the slip is VG with some light dust soiling, pictorial paper to slip reproduces cover photo of Tolkien from the biography by Carpenter, 287pp+ plates, + xii 449pp a biography, and a complete encyclopedia of Middle-Earth terms explained. First Edition. Slip Cased Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004666
- Title
- J. R. R. Tolkien: The Complete Guide Being The Complete Guide To Middle-Earth + J. R. R. Tolkien a Biography
- Author
- FOSTER Robert & Humphrey Carpenter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0048030015
- ISBN 13
- 9780048030016
- Publisher
- Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Tolkien Lotr Lord of the Rings Guide Book Biography British Fiction Literature Myth
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE-FICTION FANTASY & HORROR;
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About Fortuna Books
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- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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