Altschwedische Grammatik, by Adolf Noreen. 1904. Signed in ink by J.R.R. Tolkien on the front end paper

This book, Altschwedische Grammatik, belonged to J.R.R. Tolkien and was part of his personal working library.

Altschwedische Grammatik, mit Einschluss des Altgutnischen, by Adolf Noreen. Halle, 1904. Original cloth. Signed in ink by J.R.R. Tolkien on the front end paper.

Adolf Gotthard Noreen (13 March 1854 Östra Ämtervik, Sunne Municipality – 13 June 1925 Uppsala) was a Swedish linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy from 1919 until his death. His grammars of Old West Norse and Old Swedish remain in use by scholars to the present day.
This is the original 1904 edition, published in Halle by Max Niemeyer as Altnordische Grammatik II, a German-language grammar of Old Swedish including Old Gutnish.

This book, Altschwedische Grammatik, belonged to J.R.R. Tolkien and was part of his personal working library. It has been signed in ink on the front end paper.
Bound in original ochre cloth, decorated and lettered in dark brown, with patterned page edges. Wear and compression at the head of the spine, rubbing to the spine ends and corners, small surface marks and darkening to the cloth. The cause of the spine-head wear is not known.
The endpapers and text paper are toned, with scattered spotting and foxing. Pencil price and identification notes on the front pastedown are separate from Tolkien's ink signature and are not attributed to him. No dust jacket is shown.

A signed philological reference work from Tolkien's personal scholarly library.

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