Roverandom.

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892?1973)

ISBN 10: 0395898714 / ISBN 13: 9780395898710

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1998

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892?1973). Roverandom. Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.

First American edition. First printing, with a complete number line ending in 1. Octavo (8vo). xxii, 106 pp. Publisher?s teal-green cloth, titles to spine in silver, in the original unclipped pictorial dust jacket retaining the publisher?s price of $17.00. Illustrated with five plates after Tolkien?s original artwork, including three in color and two in black and white; dust-jacket artwork also by Tolkien.

Written in 1925 to console Tolkien?s son Michael after the loss of his favorite toy dog, Roverandom follows a small dog who is transformed into a toy by the wizard Artaxerxes and carried on adventures to the Moon and beneath the sea. The story remained unpublished during Tolkien?s lifetime and first appeared in book form in 1998, edited from the surviving manuscripts by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.

Contents clean and unmarked, bright throughout. Binding remains sound and square; teal-green cloth and silver spine lettering well preserved. Dust jacket complete and unclipped, with light rubbing and minor stained areas to the rear panel. A Very Good+ copy in a Very Good- dust jacket.

Reference: Tolkien Collector, no. 18, p. 8.

[Attributes: First Edition; First Printing; Hard Cover; Illustrated; In Dust Jacket.]. Seller Inventory # 29JRRT0R

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.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Roverandom.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892?1973)
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition