Sixth edition overall, the fifth with Tolkien’s contribution, and the fourth with C.L. Wrenn’s revisions and introduction. Publisher’s cream cloth, lettered black, in the original dustwrapper.
 
A near fine copy in a good dustwrapper, quite dusty, the spine toned obscuring most of the red lettering.
 
Tolkien’s contribution, ‘Prefatory Remarks On Prose Translation Of Beowulf’ occupies the first 34 pages of text. It first appeared in the 1940 edition of Clark Hall’s Beowulf.