Collectible Fine Large Hardcover and Fine Large Black Slip Case. Plus Original Cardboard Box. Pristine opened but once to take Scans. Ths art by the Master of Middle Earth that was not published before as well as history of that art and it's relationship to the Silmarils and the Elves and Hobbits. First English Edition-7 9 8 6th Printing of this Edition) 240 pp including many color illustrations Selected Bibliography.The flowering tree of Gondor on the cover. See all our six Scans.This is a collectible treasure of Middle Earth and ripples from Valar. View More...
Original Folio 1983 Signed and Numbered Boxed Collection of Eight Drawings of Alan Lee "Gawain Finds The Green Chapel" with tears. The only one with tears unfortunately it is the signed one. Signed and numbered 463/750 "Morgan Le Fay" "The Bewitched Knight""The Inheritance" "A Walk in the Woods"" The Geasa" "Hvergelmir" "Titania" Introduction Title Page and Alan Lee's Introduction page. The bad news is these tragically got water stained by the movers in relocating our bookshop across country to California. See water stain on left side of nearly all the prints. It is light tone but some cover ... View More...
Very Good Original Paperback 80 pp Second Edition. 1954 German language, Color drawing of a Santa Claus or much like Tolkien's Father Christmas in this German language book. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans View More...
Original 1959 Good+ Hardcover Good+ Dust Jacket Kalevala Young Adult Fantasy B/W Illus Fritz Eichenberg. Ex- Library.with the markings and engraver punch etc. Still Good+ as is jacket, 238 pp. Ninth Printing Julian Messner, Inc New York I wonder if bold Vainamoinen was not the inspiration for Tom Bombadil and Valar, Tulkas. A great way to approach the difficult verse epic here in easy Young Adult prose and Fritz Eichenberg illustrations now itself difficult to find. See our Three Geese in Flight Scans Dust jacket present. View More...
Very Good Condition 2 Compact Discs. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Read by Sean Bean Plays well. A small crack in the plastic case. Sean Bean who played Boromir in the J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings reads the young adult version Morte d'Arthur. Two CDs Very Good. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans First Edition. View More...
Original 1976 Trade Paperback Very Good+ Clean 385 pp. Classic Anthology of Eighteen Complete Essays on "Beowulf" Includes the mind altering essay by the Master of Middle Earth himself J.R.R. Tolkien's own "Beowulf:The Monsters and the Critics" in which this Oxford Professor proudly defends the thrill of the Dragon in Beowulf as not a mere distraction to grammar, but the roaring heart of the tale. If that was not enough there are seventeen more essays by the greats of Old English, by example H.L.Rogers "Beowulf's Three Great Fights" Many more. Here in rare excellent condition. NO markings, NO ... View More...
Collectible Original Lord Of The Rings Sagan om Ringen CD Music recorded in 1967- 1969 in Sweden by Bo Hansson. Here on First Edition CD 2002 Four page removable booklet with photos and history of the music. Perhaps best of all is the cover color illustration by Jane Furst of a hand holding the ONE RING with Frodo sleeping and the Nazgul in the air. Back cover different open hand. CD in very good condition. Clear plastic case one hinge broken and a crack in plastic. CD plats well. Collectible Lord of the Rings item. Our Three Geese In Flight Book Shop inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien and Faerie sin... View More...
Original Oxford: Bodleian Library Guided Tours 1994. Illus.. Very Good. Illustrated Card Covers. First Edition First Printing. 8vo Original Yellow Two Page Card Stock Booklet NOT a library copy. A little wear only. Ticket to the Bodleian Library Guided Tour Stamped Ticket Number 23952 "Your tour starts 3.00 (Hand written time) 18 August 1993 This allowed you to see the Tolkien exhibition which is not mentioned, Inside history of library cover illustration of library chronology on rear. Very Good shape with slight handling usage, with edge curling."This ticket entitles the holder to visit the ... View More...
Collectible Fine Condition 123 pp. Clean NO Writing NO Signatures. Introduction, Four Academic essays. "Arthur and the Turks" Meg Roland (A personal aside here, Arthur would NEVER have deserted the Kurds)"Saracens and Black Knights" Maghan Keita "Saracens and Islamic Alterity in Malory's Le Morte Darthur" Peter H. Goodrich "Assimilating Saracens:" Donald L. Hoffman and five Book Reviews i.e. "The Da Vinci Code" Norris J. Lacy. Like new..Three Geese in Flight Arthurian and Celtic Mythology our passion since 1977 with five star customer service First Edition. View More...
Fine First Edition Trade Paperback Color Photos 95 pp. Great text and b/w and color illus. from Peter Jackson's "Fellowship of the Ring " See our Three Geese in Flight Scans. First Edition. View More...
Original Very Good First Edition little Paperback and huge foldout color Map and Color illustration by John Howe. NOT a library copy Absolutely wonderful journey within a journey Great Bilbo Baggins Hobbiton Bag End on the cover.Includes little book and giant fold out map See our Three Geese In Flight Book Scans First Edition. View More...
Good+ 1973 Second Printing. Clean free of writing or markings except for a single "Discard" on preliminary. (See scan) No numbers anywhere. No other markings at all. None on spine no other library type markings at all curious. NO signatures Otherwise tight a rub on back cover Overall Good+. This is a extraordinary book if you like J.R.R Tolkien, and Faerie. For here is his seminal essay on Fairy Stories and his defense of Fantasy. His love of Faerie is the word for an unexpectant joy out of the microwave of gloom, "Eucatastrophe!". Besides this Owen Barfield, C.S Lewis, On Stories, and his br... View More...
Good- Trade Paperback. First American Trade Paperback NOT a Library book. Paper cracking on first preliminary page at top. Scotch tape at top of this page. Collection of Science Fiction, Stories And Fantasy essays by the great C.S. Lewis. Along with J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Dorothy Sayers, Owen Barfield and others they formed the 'Inklings' Here are the stories they would have heard C.S. Lewis telling. Rubs and non lethal crack in spine. Internally clean, binding tight and NO writing or underlines. Great C.S. Lewis on "Wonder" Outstanding includes several short stories. Includes "Mini... View More...
Good++ Hardcover Good+ Dust Jacket Ninth Printing 1966 Illustrations B/W by the great Pauline Baynes beloved by J. R.R. Tolkien himself. Clean 186 pp. D/J Price Intact. NOT a library copy. An owners name on first free endpaper with date Mar. 23 1966 Else NO Other Writing.Jacket has some usage a few chips, rubs and tiny creases. Else book and jacket Good++ See our Three Geese in Flight Books Scans, For those of us who can vaguely remember being inside a wardrobe.... Dust jacket present. View More...
Very Good+ Trade Paperback 1980 Second William B. Eerdmans Edition. Includes three complete books by Inklings Charles Williams and C.S. Lewis 382 pp. No writing Not a library copy No Orcish stickers. Besides the great Arthurian poetry by Williams you have C.S. Lewis discussion of King Arthur as well as his commentary on the poetry. Great opportunity to have all three books in one volume with a strong introduction."Merlin, time's metre, climbs through prisms and lines;" See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans First Edition. View More...
Collectible Fine Condition Paperback Clean pages NOT a library copy. NO Writing NO underlines. About 110 pages. First Edition Thus. B/W drawings, maps and illustration. Elvish sang beneath the stars is like the waves breaking on to the sand leaving hundreds of glittering seashells...Anyway that is how your humble bookseller sees it here is a tool to translate this into Elvish. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans First Edition. View More...
Collectible Fine First Edition Decorative Hardcover Clean 183 pp. NOT a library copy. University of Wales here follows the unfortunate modern fashion in publishing of not printing their hardcovers with a dust jacket but publishing them with a decorative hardcover instead. Nevertheless as all book lovers know a hardcover is always or nearly so the preferable way to go. The Welsh Arthurian visions in such works as Culhwch and Olwen and the Welsh Triads and Cymraeg in Sindarin Elvish manifesting in the Lord of The Rings is brought academically and passionately to the surface of Middle Earth. Acad... View More...
Collectible Fine 2011 Trade Paperback Clean pages NOT a library copy University Of Wales Press. From Welsh linguistics (The famous story of seeing Welsh or Cymraeg on the side of a Coal Truck) to Culhwch and Olwen the Arthurian legend etc. Pristine. See our Three Geese In Flight Books Scans First Edition. View More...
Good First American Edition Books 1972 Tight clean 278 pp. Free of writing or signatures. Only several small little Orc stabs in book which add atmosphere. NOT a library copy. This series were so brilliant and some bringing a reflection of Middle Earth still waiting on the western shore ..Anyeay see our Three Geese In Flight Book Scans for First Edition page and Table of Contents for tales of Dwarves and others. First Edition. View More...
Very Good Hardcover Very Good Dust Jacket 1954 Third Impression. NOT a library copy. NO Signatures. NO writing at all. Toning on endpapers from the jackey. Tiny abrasion on front cover of dust jacket and some soiling on rear cover else really nice red cloth and jacket. NOT price clipped. Williams Arthurian poetry is awen messages narrated by Taliesin. Reading this before the Inklings spread inspiration. "I saw a Druid light burn through the Druid hills, as the hooves og King Arthur's horse rounded me in the night." See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans Dust jacket present. View More...
Original First 1948 English Edition Very Good Red Hardcover Very Good Mylared Price clipped Dust Jacket. Shallow crease in bottom of front jacket. NOT a library copy. Signature of Shakespeare scholar, John Brown, Coombe Wood on first free endpaper. Shadow from dust jacket flap on front and rear endpaper. Clean pages free of writing. Fellow Inklings Charles Williams brilliant introduction to Arthurian historical and evolution of Grail texts. Second half of the book is C.S. Lewis commentary on Williams Arthuriad. Excellent First Edition of the Arthurian Torso. See our Three Geese in Flight Book ... View More...
Original First Houghton Mifflin Two Volume Hardcover Set in Boxed Slipcase. Clean Very Good Hardcovers Very Good Dust Jackets Deep in depth look at both the publishing history, the personal correspondence, the literary connections and the complete legendarium by two of the most remarkable passionate scholars one would ever wish to "meet". Here together with the Tolkien family, publishers and friends and fans with letters as published no where else along with their personal connections with the family. Astounding the everyday life of Prof. Tolkien along with every literary life and mythic philo... View More...
Good+ Hardcover Good+ Mylar covered Dust Jacket First Edition Numbers 12345678910 No illustrator was closer to J.R.R.Tolkien's heart than Pauline Baynes For she captures the grace of Faerie for more than the corporate approved illustrators maring with a grim brush much of Christopher Tolkien's otherwise fine editions. Besides Tom Bombadil she illustrated the Fellowship on the outside of a Tolkien boxed paperback set. She of course graced Inkling C.S. Lewis Narnia. Here is The Arthurian Erec and Enid in my mind's eye one of her finest works. See scans The hardcover is Good+ Only because it is a... View More...
U.S.A: Running Press, 1978. Book. Good+. Trade Paperback. Fifth Edition. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback. Good+ Some light overall wear on cover, else clean free of writing or underlines.NOT a library book. This enlarged trade edition of this unauthorized biography has an amusing painting on the cover by the "Brothers Hildebrandt" of J.R.R.Tolkien sitting under a tree talking to a hooded Dwarve! . View More...
Good+ First Edition Trade Paperback Early 1976 interesting, but unapproved biography published by a small American press to fill the need to know more. 165 Pages clean. A little shelf rubbing wear the ghost of a price sticker on rear cover else some soiling on top of pages NOT a library book. Important for Tolkien completion and a bargain See our Three Geese In Flight Book Scans for cover Edition and Table of Contents and soil mark. First Edition. View More...
Collectible Fine First English Edition Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Gray Stiff Decorative Cover 2018 Cassell 256 pp. Numerous Color Illustrations and B/W I"Draugluin The "Father of Werewolves "First Edition" Wonderful illustrations. See Three Geese in Flight Book Scans First Edition. View More...
Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Thus. 12mo - over 6 - 7" tall. Near Fine Trade Paperback Here is a Buddhist study of Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis, Ursula Le Guin and more! Original Proof copy! Great condition. NOT a library book. First Edition. View More...
Collectible Very Good+ Original Clean 1967 J.R.R Tolkien Fan Journal by Dick Plotz so ahead of his time. 21 pp. Essays, Drawings, Maps. Tim Kirk drawing on cover "Last Elven Home" No writing NO Underlines NOT a Library copy. NO Writing. Great stuff from and for the Tolkien fans and wandering scholars from the Sixties!Three Geese In Flight Books in Woodstock New York since 1977 dedicated to the roots of the Lord of the Rings. Ian Ballantine if not Betty (How very different the two of them) publisher of the approved Lord of the Rings in America was a supporter of our bookshop and really did look... View More...
Original First American Edition.The Eildon Tree Limited Edition To 300 Copies Numbered Edition. Hand numbered '205' Large Card stock covers. American J.R.R Tolkien and Fantasy Publication Rare interview with Michael Moorcock. Essay with b/w Arthurian illus. on Merlin's Gleam by E.A. Robinson and a full page b/w beautifully illustrated requiem poem on J.R.R.Tolkien and "It All Started With Tolkien part VI:1973 essay on the J.R.R.Tolkien influence of the Ballantine Unicorn fantasy series by Donald Keller. Cover soiling and front cover edge crease. Back cover a little price sticker residue and ... View More...
Very Good+ Hardcover. Clean 171 pages. NOT a library copy. Among the Essays within is one by Francis Lee Utley "Folklore, Myth, And Ritual" on J.R.R.Tolkien's argument for Grendel and the Dragon in Beowulf and the testing theme Gawain and the Green Knight. Plus five other essays on Medieval, Norse, and Arthurian literature as well notes. Clean pages. NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans View More...
