Mr Bliss

Tolkien, J. R. R.

ISBN 10: 0007255330 / ISBN 13: 9780007255337

Published by HarperCollins, 2007

Hardback in cardboard slip-case. Slip case has fade mark along top edge of the front and very slight rubbing to corners but book inside is in excellent condition and clean throughout. Seller Inventory # ABE-1741359714844

Synopsis:

A brand new edition of the long unavailable children’s story, written and illustrated by the author of The Hobbit and Letters from Father Christmas, with newly scanned manuscript pages and redesigned text.

Professor J.R.R. Tolkien invented and illustrated the book of Mr Bliss’s adventures for his own children when they were very young. The story is reproduced here exactly as he created it – handwritten with lots of detailed and uproarious colour pictures.

This is a complete and highly imaginative tale of eccentricity. Mr Bliss, a man notable for his immensely tall hats and for the girabbit in his garden, takes the whimsical decision to buy a motor car. But his first drive to visit friends quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters. Some of these could be blamed on Mr Bliss’s style of driving, but even he could not anticipate being hijacked by three bears.

As for what happened next – the readers, whether young or old, will want to discover for themselves. Thankfully all ended well, and even the yellow motor car with red wheels (to which Mr Bliss has taken an understandable and great dislike), came in useful at the end…

About the Author:

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father’s death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mr Bliss
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good