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Title: Roverandom
Author: J R R Tolkien
ISBN: 9780395898710
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 106
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In 1925, while on vacation with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his favorite toy, a little lead dog he was reluctant to put down even to dig in the sand. To console and distract him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, improvised a story -- the story of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into a toy, who, after many fantastic adventures in search of the wizard who wronged him, at last wins back his life. This charming tale, peopled by a wise old whale and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, was a Tolkien family favorite, going through several typewritten drafts over many years. In 1936, Tolkien submitted it to his British publishers as a possible follow-up to "The Hobbit." What his publishers really wanted, however, was another sotry about Middle-earth, and so he set aside this litle book to begin his masterwork, "The Lord of the Rings."
Author: J R R Tolkien
ISBN: 9780395898710
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 106
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In 1925, while on vacation with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his favorite toy, a little lead dog he was reluctant to put down even to dig in the sand. To console and distract him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, improvised a story -- the story of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into a toy, who, after many fantastic adventures in search of the wizard who wronged him, at last wins back his life. This charming tale, peopled by a wise old whale and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, was a Tolkien family favorite, going through several typewritten drafts over many years. In 1936, Tolkien submitted it to his British publishers as a possible follow-up to "The Hobbit." What his publishers really wanted, however, was another sotry about Middle-earth, and so he set aside this litle book to begin his masterwork, "The Lord of the Rings."
Now, seventy years after it was written, the story of Rover -- or as the Man-in-the-Moon fondly called him, Roverandom -- is published at last, together with five illustrations by the author. Rich in wit and wordplay, crowded with thrilling and humorous incident, "Roverandum" will delight not only Tolkien's countless admirers but anyone who loves a rollicking yarn well told.
