![]() ![]() It was written in stages between 19, much of it during World War II in letters to his son, "and finally, having polished it to his own satisfaction, published it as a trilogy from 1954 to 1955, a volume at a time, impatiently awaited by a growing audience. The Lord of the Rings began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. An exceptional set, most rare and desirable signed, with noted provenance. XII 1967." Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by The Harcourt Bindery. TheÂtwo men remained friends and correspondents for muchÂofÂtheir lives with Burchfield later crediting Tolkien as "the puckish fisherman who drew me into his glittering philological net." Near fine in near fine dust jackets, with "E. Burchfield would go on to develop a Tolkien-like fascination with linguistics and would become theÂeditorÂofÂtheÂSupplement toÂthe Oxford English Dictionary. Burchfield studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was tutored by Tolkien and C.S. ![]() The recipient, Ethel Burchfield was theÂwifeÂof Robert Burchfield, a lexicographer and scholar who was mentored by Tolkien. Tolkien." Volumes two and three are signed by J.R.R. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Signed for Ethel May with love J. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth, folding maps. Second editions of the author's classic trilogy, signed by Tolkien in each volume. ![]()
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