J R R Tolkien Architect Middle Earth by Grotta Daniel (49 results)

Condition: Very Good. New Ed. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Near fine/G (transparent protective wrapper over very bright clean clipped dj with large clean cut across centre of back cover, clean bright tan cloth with bronze lettering on spine, a very crisp bright square copy in excellent conditon but two pale smudges on front free endpaper where small marks have been erased) square large octavo 198pp. First printing. Fifteen colour plates by the Brothers Hildebrant.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hildebrandt (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 1st printing of the 2nd edition. This is in as new condition, clean white sharp and square text block and jacket, unread, 15 wonderful colour illustrations by the brothers Hildebrandt decorate the book. Lovely copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Charles Santore; (illustrator). First Edition. 165 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Charles Santore. Apparently, Amazon has just bought the television rights to The Lord of the Rings and is planning a series set in Middle Earth. The Chapters are: Prologue: The Old Professor; The Young Lad 1892 - 1911; The Exhibitioner 1911 - 1915; The Soldier 1915 - 1919; The Scholar 1919 - 1925; The Professor 1925 - 1937; The Mythmaker 1937 - 1953; The Author 1953 - 1965; and The Recluse 1966 - 1973; followed by an epilogue; an afterword; a bibliography; and an index. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Charles Santore; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. 165 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Charles Santore. The Chapters are: Prologue: The Old Professor; The Young Lad 1892 - 1911; The Exhibitioner 1911 - 1915; The Soldier 1915 - 1919; The Scholar 1919 - 1925; The Professor 1925 - 1937; The Mythmaker 1937 - 1953; The Author 1953 - 1965; and The Recluse 1966 - 1973; followed by an epilogue; an afterword; a bibliography; and an index. Size: 8vo. Book.

Paperback. first edition. near fine reprint 1977, paperback,

2nd softcover. very good -fine bumped corner with creases.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

CD-ROM. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. This book is severely edgeworn. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Some pages are falling out. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. first edition. 1977, fine paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Good+ to Near Very Good. First Edition Trade Paperback Early 1976 interesting for it's time, but unapproved biography by the family published by a small American press to fill the need to know more. A bit like paparazi. 165 Pages clean. A bit of shelf rubbing at the spot where the ghost of a price sticker on rear cover was removed but otherwise Near Very Good. NOT a library book. Important for Tolkien completion and a bargain. See our Three Geese In Flight Book Scans for cover Edition and Table of Contents and soil mark.

Square imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

first edition. fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Later Printing. Slight fade to cloth edge ; 9.8 X 6.9 X 1.2 inches; 197 pages.

A biography that others have said that breathes life into Tolkien. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text.

First edition Very good stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout.

J R R Tolkien Architect of Middle Earth' by Daniel Grotta-Kurska. This book is a first edition published by Warner Books, USA. 1977. Paperback. States 'First Printing April 1977' with full 1 - 10 numberline. A lovely copy that does appear unread. The spine is unbroken and the covers are bright and solid. Light crease to front top tip. Cover art by The Bros. Hildebrandt. Contents are age-toned otherwise unmarked. This is a collectible biography of J R R Tolkien who penned the all-time great 'Lord of the Rings'. Not exlib and packed and sent with care,.

No Binding. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3 books -- J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth: A Biography. Daniel Grotta-Kurska. Running Press Book Pub, 1976 165p. trade paperback, covers lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked + Master of Middle-Earth The Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien. Paul Harold Kocher. Houghton Mifflin. 1972. 247p. hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket bumped/scuffed/chipped, boards clean/square, binding tight, text clean, NOT xlib + Mytenes mann: J.R.R. Tolkien og hans forfatterskap (Myths and Man: JRR Tolkien and His Writings), Nils Ivar Agoy, Tiden, 2003, 200p, hc w/ dj, dj lightly bumped/scuffed, boards clean/square, clean text, solid binding, nice copy---NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE--30.00.