J.R.R.TOLKIEN Sir Gawain & The Green Knight 1925 1st Edition VG+ ORIGINAL JACKET

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J.R.R.TOLKIEN Sir Gawain & The Green Knight 1925 1st Edition VG+ ORIGINAL JACKET:
$2509.40

Sir Gawain & The Green Knight

By J.R.R. Tolkien (Ed.) / E.V. Gordon (Ed.)

Oxford:
Clarendon Press
1925 (1st Edition)

Approx Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 20 cms)

Hardback. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 211 printed pages

Dust Jacket: Light browning to spine and upper edges of covers, light creasing to top edge, spine edges a little rubbed, light marking to rear cover, a few spots of light foxing. Tiny amount of wear to corners but no tears or loss. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall Condition is Very Good +

Book: First Impression. Green buckram with light crease to spine, a few light spots to boards, page edges untrimmed. Previous owner\'s Inscription to front free endpaper (dated October 1926). Light foxing to page edges, scattered light foxing to text and a few occasioanl small ink spots. The book had some pencilled notes which have been meticulously erased. Four pages have markings in ink, these are all unobtrusive, ranging from a few words in small neat lettering, to underlining of single characters. Leaves B2 to B7 have a 1.5cm to 2cm vertical tear to the lower margin. Errata slip tipped in to page vii. Contains the original Middle English text together with copious notes. The first printing of this important early academic work by Tolkien. During the preceding decade he had had numerous articles and poems printed in periodicals and anthologies, however this was only his second published book, following A Middle English Vocabulary issued in 1922. This copy comes complete with an excellent example of the very scarce original jacket. Overall Condition is Very Good

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