Pearl Ed. E. V. Gordon JRR Tolkien Form And Progress In Intro. 1966 Ed Lord Rings
Item History & Price
Pearl
Edited by E.V. Gordon 1st Edition, 4th Impression 1966
Oxford University Press
London
Hardback in dustwrapper
Not illustratedNF condition w. small pastedown and neat signature on inside front.Chipped DJ (see pics) protected in clear cover
HAMMOND: PP ref 304-305
Tolkien contributed part of the Introduction - Form and Purpose - see pp.xi-xix.Three impressions issued, all similar:4th Impression 1966
5th impr...ession 1970
6th Impression 1974
Book in NF condition.
The dustjacket, protected in mylar, has chips at top and bottom of spine. (see pics)
Tolkien’s contribution was reprinted in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (1975).
It's a delightful book:
"Pearl by E. V. Gordon is a gem. This edition of the fourteenth century alliterative poem Pearl gives new life to a work which though generally regarded as one of the greatest of medieval poem." (1967)
Excellent find for the Tolkien collector and completist.
