The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays – Uncorrected Proof Copy

J.R.R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

An uncommon uncorrected proof copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal collection of scholarly essays, edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, and published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin. This advance issue features the pale blue wraps and the official Houghton Mifflin proof slip laid in, filled out by hand and signed by the publicity department.

Includes influential works such as “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” “On Fairy-Stories,” “A Secret Vice,” and “English and Welsh.” This is the earliest state of the U.S. edition and was issued exclusively for in-house and reviewer circulation.

Printed in the United States. Text block tight and clean. Wraps bright with only trivial shelfwear. Proof slip in very good condition and a rare survivor in its own right.

An exceptional Tolkien collectible in rare proof format—highly desirable for Tolkien scholars and completists alike.

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