BEOWULF AND THE FINNESBURG FRAGMENT. A Translation Into Modern English Prose by John R. Clark Hall M.A., PH.D.. NEW EDITION, Completely Revised With Notes and an Introduction by C.L. Wrenn.... With Prefatory Remarks by J.R.R. Tolkien, Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, Oxford.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, Ruskin House, Museum Street. [1954]. Reprint. Small octavo, original brown boards lettered in black on spine and front panel. Originally issued in 1911, Tolkien's Prefatory Remarks were first added to the edition of 1940. This is the "Fourth Impression", i.e., the second printing of the revised edition of 1950 (see Notes Below). Pp xliii, (1) - 194, (195: Publisher's Imprint); (196: adverts for Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, FARMER GILES OF HAM & THE LORD OF THE RINGS). Neat, small ownership ticket to upper corner of inner front pastedown; a fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. Item #314191
¶ Tolkien's Prefatory Remarks occupy pages ix - xliii (34 pages). Second printing of this New Edition, Revised and Reset. "The scholarship has again been revised in the light of recent scholarship, and the opportunity has been taken to correct misprints. An entirely new Introduction has been provided.... The Notes have been greatly enlarged.... Professor Tolkien's Prefatory Remarks.... are here reproduced unchanged save for the correction of an occasional misprint: for they must remain as the most permanently valuable part of the book". Hammond & Anderson B.17.b (for the 1950 revised edition, of which this is the 2nd printing of 1954).
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