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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Tolkien, J.R.R.

BEOWULF

The Monsters and the Critics

Published: Humphrey Milford, London, 1936

Reserve: $300

Approximately:

Estimate: $450-500

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture, British Academy, 1936

From the proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XXII

56 pages, slight foxing, paper wraps slightly browned, frayed along edges and torn along spinal crease, missing a small piece at top of spine, "Duplicate, not required by UCT Libraires" stamp on inside of front and back covers

"Published 1 July 1937 at 3s, 500 copies printed. Tolkien read his landmark Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture on 25 November 1936. It was published separately six months before its appearance, in Vol. 22 of the printed annual 'Proceedings' of the Academy, published 30 December 1937." from Hammond and Anderson "J.R.R. Tolkein, a Descriptive Bibliography" 

  • Size: 8vo. (264 x 173 mm)


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