The first edition of this rare, early, Tolkien work. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers. A very good copy, some browing to the wrappers. Upper joint repaired with Japanese tissue. Ex-library copy, with withdrawn stamps of UCT libraries to each inside cover.
The rare first edition of Tolkien’s famous lecture on Beowulf, one of only 500 copies printed.
This is the most influential study of Beowulf of the 20th century, and one Tolkien delivered the lecture to the British Academy on 25th November 1936, and published in this edition on 1st July 1937. Six months later, it appeared in Vol 22 of Proceedings Of The British Academy (30th December 1937).
Beowulf: The Monster And The Critics
SKU: 2172
£2,500.00Price
Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher
London Humphrey Milford for the British Academy
Date
1937