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Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1922. Professor Tolkien's first book, a glossary of Middle English words designed to accompany his old tutor Kenneth Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose. "Tolkien gained praise for his glossary, which was unlike most others. Whereas it was a trend of the days to suggest (often questionable) etymologies of rare and obscure words, Tolkien chose to devote his time to the different meanings of common words...His Vocabulary is filled with textual references, and much of his findings elaborated on the OED, pre-dating words by sometimes a century. Some of these suggestions were taken into account in later editions of the OED" (Tolkien Gateway). Hammond & Anderson A1. Later Impression of the First Edition (per Hammond & Anderson), with the following points: 184 ornaments on the outer frame of the front wrapper and title page, no corrigenda on p.[168], terminal ads headed "Middle English" are undated, and 'Printed in England' printed from type below the outer frame on the… Read More

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1922 and 1923. First combined edition. First combined edition. Two volumes in one, as issued. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt titles to the spine. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with minor bumping at the spine tips, the cloth and gilt remains bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. A superb example of a scarce title. The first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's first book, A Middle English Vocabulary was printed in an edition of 2000 copies, of which some were bound separately in wrappers and some, as here, with Kenneth Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose. Both books are bound with a separate title page; that of Sisam is in the second state for this issue dated 1923 (as recorded by Hammond in the notes of B3), Tolkien correctly dated 1922. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with… Read More