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Synopsis
When Rover, a real dog, is transformed into a toy by a wizard, Rover sets out to locate him in order to correct the wrong that has been done and find a way to become a real dog once more.
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Review
‘This is an old-fashioned story, yet it still speaks freshly today... would leap to life when read aloud to a child’
Independent
‘Lord of the Rings buffs will enjoy picking out bits of Nordic mythology and will relish Tolkien’s fabulous sense of landscape’
The Times
From the Back Cover
While on holiday in 1925 young Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach. To console him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, invented a story about a real dog who is turned into a toy by a wizard and sent by a ‘sand sorcerer’ to the moon and under the sea.
More than 70 years later, the adventures of the dog Rover, also known as ‘Roverandom’, are now published for the first time. They have been edited from the original typescript by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, who relate the story to sources ranging from the Norse sagas to E. Nesbit, and link it also to Tolkien’s other fiction, including 'The Hobbit ', the ‘Father Christmas’ letters, and ‘The Silmarillion’. The book also includes five illustrations by Tolkien himself.
Entertaining and rich in wordplay, 'Roverandom' will delight all readers who love a clever tale, and will be welcomed by Tolkien’s many admirers of all ages.
Christina Scull is the former librarian of Sir John Soane’s Museum, London and the editor of the magazine 'The Tolkien Collector'. Her husband, Wayne G. Hammond, is Assistant Librarian in the Chapin Library of Rare Books, Williams College, author of the standard bibliography of Tolkien’s works, and a regular contributor of Tolkien notes to the journal 'Mythlore'. The couple live in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Their acclaimed study of Tolkien’s paintings and drawings, 'J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator', is also published by HarperCollins.
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Roverandom
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Condition: Good. 1st US Ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP62358189
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket, no original price on the jacket flap indicates a Book Club Edition but still a fine gift copy, book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; 106 pages. Seller Inventory # 054154
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Five illustrations by the author. Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. Book club edition. Previous owner's name blacked out on front free endpaper, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 21681
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 1998, Hardcover Book Club Edition with a complete number line ending in '1'. With illustrations by the master himself; edited by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond. Book is Very Good and tight, but has a bump to the top/bottom of spine and soiling on the text edge top and front. Dust jacket has some very, very faint soiling, is not clipped, and is otherwise Very Good - jacket comes in a removable, archival, mylar sleeve. Seller Inventory # 002667
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hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. by the author (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 106 pp., Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. First printing. Seller Inventory # 108416
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Trade Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Green paper-covered boards with gilt lettering. Bump to head and heel of spine, light rubbing to all edges and tips of corners. Text is clean and bright, no marks. DJ shows a large closed tear to the center of front board, minor edgewear. Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. "In 1925, while on vacation with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkein lost his favorite toy, a little lead dog he was reluctant to put down even to play on the beach. To console and distract him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkein, improvised a story, the story of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into a toy, who, after many fantastic adventures in search of the wizard who wrong him, at last wins back his doggy life." (from the jacket). Seller Inventory # U32017
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Clean and tight and square with sharp corners. Appears unread/unopened. Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. Dark green boards with gold lettering on the spine. The dust jacket has just a little shelfwear and is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fantasy. Seller Inventory # 050448
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine, Unread Copy, In A Fine Jacket. As New. Seller Inventory # 017304