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Smith of Wootton Major signed by J.R.R. Tolkien to nurse Susan Welham-Jones in 1968
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Published by George Allen & Unwin in 1967, first edition, second impression. Smith of Wootton Major inscribed by J.R.R. Tolkien to nurse Susan Welham-Jones.

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Smith of Wootton Major signed by J.R.R. Tolkien for nurse Susan Welham-Jones.


J.R.R. Tolkien. Published George Allen & Unwin, second impression published in 1967.


It was given to nurse Welham-Jones in 1968 when she was a nurse at the (Wingfield Hospital) Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Oxford, where Tolkien had a hip replacement.
She remembered him as a lovely gentleman, very kind and courteous and a lovely experience to have been able to meet him and nurse him.

Inscribed in blue ink to the fly leaf "Nurse S. Welham-Jones from J.R.R. Tolkien".

Original pictorial boards, without a dust jacket as issued. The spine is faded, with rubbing and small areas of wear to the board edges and corners, some surface marks, and bumped spine ends.

The pages are lightly toned, with some handling wrinkles; the blue-ink inscription remains clear and strong.
The UK first edition was 1967, this is second printing from the same year.
Includes numerous b/w illustrations & 3-color cover by 'Narnia' artist Pauline Baynes. Modern first edition.

A personal presentation copy of Smith of Wootton Major, inscribed by Tolkien to the nurse who cared for him.

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