New Tolkien Books:updates - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Child of the 7th Age · 06-24-2006, 05:08 PM

Thanks, Davem.

I see from your link there is a second author and she is a librarian in the Bodleian archives so I am a little more inclined to buy this. (OK, I am biased here, but librarians generally know their collections better than anyone else, including profs and perhaps they did fiddle around in the archives.) US Amazon lists paper copies for about $20.

You may be right about Finn and Hengest and the lecture notes. I don't own that one because the hardcover came out in the eighties in the US by Houghton Mifflin. Those copies are hard to find. The recent paperback was only published in the UK. You can get reasonably priced copies on Amazon U.S. but must pay for shipping from the UK.

One of the nice things is that I live near the Rice University library. They have a decent Tolkien collection because Jane Chance has taught there a number of years and apparently had them build up holdings in that area. Looking for these books sounds like a good excuse for a trip to the library and a day on the Rice campus. I'll post here if I find anything interesting.

06-24-2006, 05:08 PM	#31
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Thanks, Davem. I see from your link there is a second author and she is a librarian in the Bodleian archives so I am a little more inclined to buy this. (OK, I am biased here, but librarians generally know their collections better than anyone else, including profs and perhaps they did fiddle around in the archives.) US Amazon lists paper copies for about $20. You may be right about Finn and Hengest and the lecture notes. I don't own that one because the hardcover came out in the eighties in the US by Houghton Mifflin. Those copies are hard to find. The recent paperback was only published in the UK. You can get reasonably priced copies on Amazon U.S. but must pay for shipping from the UK. One of the nice things is that I live near the Rice University library. They have a decent Tolkien collection because Jane Chance has taught there a number of years and apparently had them build up holdings in that area. Looking for these books sounds like a good excuse for a trip to the library and a day on the Rice campus. I'll post here if I find anything interesting. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.