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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) A Middle English Vocabulary... Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1922 image 1
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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)
A Middle English Vocabulary, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1922
Fine Books and Manuscripts
29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)

A Middle English Vocabulary... Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, later variant with "Printed in England" stamped at foot of title-page and advertisements at end undated, publisher's stiff brown wrappers with 184 ornaments forming the border on front cover, spine ends very slightly chipped, 8vo, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1922

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THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, with the wrappers in unusually good condition.

Provenance: Richard and Magdalen Goffin, bookplate.

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