Austin Tappan Wright - Islandia - 1st/1st 1942 Farrar - Tolkien

Description: Title: Islandia Author: Austin Tappan WrightPublisher: Farrar and Rinehart, New YorkEdition: First Edition, First Printing, with publisher's colophon to the copyright page, as called for Date Printed: 1942 Description: Scarce. The first printing of the first edition. Austin Tappin Wright (1883-1931) was an eminent legal scholar who taught at Oxford, Stanford and USC. On his untimely death, his family began the huge task of organising his manuscripts concerning the fictional continent of Islandia, eventually publishing it in novel form in 1942. Islandia is an imaginative and scholarly feat paralleled only by Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which it preceded. 1013 pages. Original map endpapers. Original cloth hardback with original dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is torn at the rear spine edge, with wear and chipping to the edges (all shown in see pictures). It has the original $3.00 price to the inside front flap. The book itself is in attractive condition with just a hint of slight bumping (see pictures). Signature of Lucius Cary, to the half title. Binding sound and square. Internally clean and bright. This was the Fantasy bibliographer George Locke's copy. Provenance: This book formerly belonged to the celebrated bibliographer and book seller George Locke.We take great care in the packaging of all our books to ensure that they arrive as described. Please view our other books now on sale at our ebay shop, Goodman Books. We add new listings every day, and have recently acquired a large collection of books formerly owned by George Locke, whose work we greatly admired. We have been trading on ebay since 2002 - please look at our feedback and buy with confidence from a trustworthy bookseller.

Price: 195 GBP

Location: Hornchurch

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