Isbn: 9780395082539 - Tree and Leaf (3 results)

Condition: Good+. dj. First Edition. First American Edition, Sixth Printing. 8vo. Red cloth boards with blue titles. Dust jacket, unclipped. Heavily marred by tape residue along the top and bottom edges of the outer cloth boards and to the front and rear endpapers. Strong mildew odor. dark staining along bottom edge of endpapers. Text is clean; Spine sound. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar showing matching tape stains on the reverse of the flaps. Bringing together two of Tolkien's shorter works: his essay "On Fairy-Stories" and the short story "Leaf by Niggle." Originally delivered as an Andrew Lang Lecture, the essay outlines Tolkien's philosophy of myth, fantasy, and "Sub-creation". The accompanying story serves as a deeply personal allegory of artistic creation and the anxieties of completion. This volume remains an indispensable reference for scholars and enthusiasts seeking to understand the intellectual scaffolding behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. 3rd printing. dj is price-clipped and shows minor wear and tear. pages clean, gift inscription in the prelims.

Hardcover. Condition: Excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent. 1st Thus. Very handsome vintage copy of these short pieces. Sixth US Printing [Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, c1972*]; viii, 112pp; red cloth, blue titling to front board & spine, red topstain, neat ink inscription, else fine; in excellent price-clipped dustjacket, a little rubbed along edges. Tolkien's essay on Fairy Tales plus the short story "Leaf By Niggle". ISBN: 0-395-08253-6 / 0395082536. *Only the original 1965 date is listed; ISBNs were introduced in the early 1970s; Tolkien died in 1973 - author blurb indicates he was alive at time of printing.…