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#clp0961 - Retreat From Truth signed by Tolkien “Given by G.R.G.M. 1966 JRRT” on the flyleaf - € 11.440,-

Tolkien received this book from G. R. G. Mure. Signed by Tolkien on the flyleaf. With Tolkien’s library sticker..

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Retreat From Truth signed by Tolkien “Given by G.R.G.M. 1966 JRRT” on the flyleaf

Retreat from Truth. By G. R. G. Mure.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958. Pp. viii + 255.

Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist Mure (8 April 1893 – 24 May 1979) was a British idealist philosopher and Oxford academic, who specialised in the works of the German philosopher, Hegel.

He was Warden of Merton College in 1947 and held the post until 1963, Tolkien’s college. In 1945, Tolkien moved to Merton College as Professor of English Language and Literature. It is from this College that he retired in 1959 and he and Edith moved to Poole, Dorset, in 1968.

Tolkien received this book from G. R. G. Mure.
Signed by Tolkien “Given by G.R.G.M. 1966 JRRT” on the flyleaf.
With a sticker placed by Stanley Revell, known as Tolkien’s library sticker.

Amazing Tolkien association copy, from Tolkien's personal library and a gift from G. R. G. Mure.
An unusual opportunity to acquire an early signed item for the discerning Tolkien Collector.

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