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Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien. 1989 Reset Second Edition, first printing (4,000 copies), Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Includes Mythopoeia and introduction by Christopher Tolkien. Hardcover in dust jacket.

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Tree and Leaf — 1989 Reset Second Edition (Houghton Mifflin, First Printing)

Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1989.

Hardcover in original dark cloth binding, lettered in gilt to the spine, complete with the original green dust jacket featuring copper lettering and tree device designed after artwork by J.R.R. Tolkien. Jacket priced $14.95 to the upper front flap (as issued).

This is the 1989 Reset Second Edition, typeset chiefly as for the Unwin Hyman 1988 Second Edition. Hammond & Anderson reference: pp. 195–196.

This edition brings together:
“On Fairy-Stories” (first published 1947)
“Leaf by Niggle” (first published 1945)
“Mythopoeia”
with an introduction by Christopher Tolkien.

Copyright page states:
Tree and Leaf copyright © 1964 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
This edition, including Mythopoeia, copyright © 1988 by The Tolkien Trust.
ISBN 0-395-50232-2.
Number line present: Q 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
Printed in the United States of America.

First printing of this reset edition (July 13, 1989; 4,000 copies printed).

Condition:
A clean and well-preserved example. Cloth is fresh and firm with bright gilt lettering. Internally clean with no inscriptions visible in the photographed pages. Dust jacket remains bright and attractive with light handling wear only, best judged from the photographs provided. An excellent collectible copy of this important late-20th-century edition.

Photographs shown are of the exact copy offered.

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