4 Nov, 2023
2023-11-4 5:24:42 PM UTC
Hi everyone! I bought this copy of Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose in a second-hand bookshop today, for not very much. The title page of book shows MDCCCCXXI and the Middle English Vocabulary shows MDCCCCXXII. I think that this may be a first impression with A Middle English Vocabulary bound in at the back, but happy to be proved wrong (or right). See attached photos. Thoughts, questions or comments gratefully received.
4 Nov, 2023
2023-11-4 7:10:21 PM UTC
Hi Roccondil!
This is indeed a first impression, congrats for the find. :)
Best,
Lokki
4 Nov, 2023
2023-11-4 7:41:27 PM UTC
Does your copy have a printed page of corrigenda at the end of Tolkien's text?
4 Nov, 2023
2023-11-4 8:12:39 PM UTC
4 Nov, 2023
2023-11-4 8:17:40 PM UTC
Roccondil wrote:
This, you mean?
That's the one. Defitnitely a first state, as
Lokki said.
4 Nov, 2023
2023-11-4 8:23:41 PM UTC
Yeah, I have one too. MDCCCCXXI (for those of you that don't know) is latin for 1921 which is the year when first impression was issued.
4 Nov, 2023
2023-11-4 8:31:24 PM UTC
Wow! What a great find. Congrats! I love finding Tolkien's scholarly works.
5 Nov, 2023
2023-11-5 8:45:57 AM UTC
Thanks everyone for your comments and help yesterday. I am so happy to add this book to my collection and even more happy that this shows that there are still exciting finds to be had on the shelves of those second-hand bookshops!
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