2019, ISBN: 9780940262614

Hardcover

Publisher: Harper Collins UK. Utg. 2019. Mass Market Paperback. 128 p. This book is brand new. Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: Set 'In Britain's land beyon… More...

Publisher: Harper Collins UK. Utg. 2019. Mass Market Paperback. 128 p. This book is brand new. Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: Set 'In Britain's land beyond the seas' during the Age of Chivalry, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun tells of a childless Breton Lord and Lady ('Aotrou' and 'Itroun') and the tragedy that befalls them when Aotrou seeks to remedy their situation with the aid of a magic potion obtained from a corrigan, or malevolent fairy. When the potion succeeds and Itroun bears twins, the corrigan returns seeking her fee, and Aotrou is forced to choose between betraying his marriage and losing his life.Coming from the darker side of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, together with the two shorter 'Corrigan' poems that lead up to it and are also included here, was the outcome of a comparatively short but intense period in Tolkien's life when he was deeply engaged with Celtic, and particularly Breton, myth and legend.Written in 1930, this early but seminal work is an important addition to the non-Middle-earth portion of his canon alongside Tolkien's other retellings of myth and legend, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur and The Story of Kullervo, a small but important corpus of his ventures into 'real-world' mythologies, each of which would be a formative in?uence on his own legendarium. We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 6, Publisher: Harper Collins UK. Utg. 2016. Mass Market Paperback. 425 p. This book is brand new. Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself, in the written form of a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s; and from these lectures a substantial selection has been made, to form also a commentary on the translation in this book. From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail-shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel's terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot. But the commentary in this book includes also much from those lectures in which, while always anchored in the text, he expressed his wider perceptions. He looks closely at the dragon that would slay Beowulf 'snuffling in baffled rage and injured greed when he discovers the theft of the cup'; but he rebuts the notion that this is 'a mere treasure story', 'just another dragon tale'. He turns to the lines that tell of the burying of the golden things long ago, and observes that it is 'the feeling for the treasure itself, this sad history' that raises it to another level. 'The whole thing is sombre, tragic, sinister, curiously real. The "treasure" is not just some lucky wealth that will enable the finder to have a good time, or marry the princess. It is laden with history, leading back into the dark heathen ages beyond the memory of song, but not beyond the reach of imagination.' Sellic Spell, a 'marvellous tale', is a story written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form and style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf, in which there was no association with the 'historical legends' of the Northern kingdoms. We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 6, Oxford University Press, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Part Of The Oxford English Monograph Series Edited By J. R. R. Tolkien. Green Cloth Covered Board. Mild Shelfwear And Edgewear, Tanning From Age, Previous Owners Book Plate On Inside Front Cover, Previous Owners Inscription On Front End Paper, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy.., Oxford University Press, 1959, 3, Near Fine Trade Paperback. First American Edition. See our scans. Condition and First Edition numbers and Table of Contents. 8vo Clean 283 pp. no writing or underlines. NOT a library Copy Fabulous anthology of lesser known Celtic fantasy and Irish and Scottish visionary tales like Fiona Macleod, Yeats poetry arranged by this very knowledgeable editor and author From Ella Young heart breaking poem to Fionavar, to Edward Burne-Jones to Henry Treece. Great collection great gift for a Tolkien fan or a lover across the sea!. Since 1977 We wrap first in brown paper to respect the book and you., Lindisfarne Books, 4<

1993, ISBN: 9780940262614

Hardcover

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. Very Good in Very Good- dj. (c.1947). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [moderate overall wear to book, slight fraying of cloth in a few spots; jacket … More...

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. Very Good in Very Good- dj. (c.1947). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [moderate overall wear to book, slight fraying of cloth in a few spots; jacket worn at edges/corners, a few small edge tears, chipping at spine extremities]. "A brilliant, subtle study of the growth of character in a group of people living in England in the middle thirties." The jacket blurb optimistically states this to be "the work of a finished and mature writer, so much so that comparison with E.M. Forster and Henry James is not in the least extravagant." (Really. Not in the least. Hm. The Kirkus review of Pember's next -- and apparently final -- novel closes with this observation: "Fate and futility direct this progression to its inevitable end, enclose this story in monotone." Perhaps an epitaph for the author's career.) ., Reynal & Hitchcock, 3, New York (1976): Belmont Tower Books VG, Edgewear, creases, browning. "Stewart, Fonda, Wayne, Cooper! Four legends larger than life. This is the complete story". Studies James Stewart, Henry Fonda, John Wayne and Gary Cooper. 223 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Belmont Tower BT 50907. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request., Belmont Tower Books, 3, Hudson, New York, U.S.A.: Lindisfarne Pr, 1993. Soft cover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Rear head corner folded in 4x1x3" triangle. Creasing & wear to extremities. Interior unmarked, tight. "A marvelous anthology of stories and poems by Celtic writers rediscovering their native spirituality. John Matthews has selected the most powerful, visionary tales and poems and woven them together in a feast of fantasy and imagination. Authors include W.B. Yeats, George Russell (AE), Fiona MacLeod, James Stephens, John Cowper Powys, James Branch Cabell, George Macdonald, Ella Young, Lord Dunsany, and Henry Treece."--publisher 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Lindisfarne Pr, 1993, 2.5<

1993, ISBN: 9780940262614

Hudson, New York, U.S.A.: Lindisfarne Pr, 1993. Soft cover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Rear head corner folded in 4x1x3" triangle. Creasing & wear to extremities. Interior unmarked,… More...

Hudson, New York, U.S.A.: Lindisfarne Pr, 1993. Soft cover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Rear head corner folded in 4x1x3" triangle. Creasing & wear to extremities. Interior unmarked, tight. "A marvelous anthology of stories and poems by Celtic writers rediscovering their native spirituality. John Matthews has selected the most powerful, visionary tales and poems and woven them together in a feast of fantasy and imagination. Authors include W.B. Yeats, George Russell (AE), Fiona MacLeod, James Stephens, John Cowper Powys, James Branch Cabell, George Macdonald, Ella Young, Lord Dunsany, and Henry Treece."--publisher 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Lindisfarne Pr, 1993, 2.5<