Carpenter, Humphrey. <br/><br/>
Tolkien :  a biography / 
by Humphrey Carpenter. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  1977. 
 - 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, genealogical table ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>"The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien": pages 268-275. Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A visit -- 1892-1916 : early years. Bloemfontein ; Birmingham ; "Private-lang." and Edith ; "T.C., B.S., etc." ; Oxford ; Reunion ; War ; The breaking of the fellowship -- 1917-1925 : the making of a mythology. Lost tales ; Oxford interlude ; Northern venture -- 1925-1949 (I) : "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". Oxford life ; Photographs observed ; "He had been inside language" ; Jack ; Northmoor Road ; The storyteller -- 1925-1949 (II) : the third age. Enter Mr. Baggins ; "The new Hobbit" -- 1949-1966 : Success. Slamming the gates ; A big risk ; Cash or kudos -- 1959-1973 : Last years. Headington ; Bournemouth ; Merton Street -- The tree. 
<br/><br/> The authorized biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the epic "The Lord of the Rings." 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0395253608 9780395253601 0395486769 9780395486764 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>77009081 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>78114485X  can 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. <br/>Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.  Lord of the rings. <br/>Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. <br/>Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, English--20th century--Biography.<br/>Anglicists--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Middle Earth (Imaginary place)<br/>Fantasy literature--Authorship.<br/>Authors, English--20th century--Biography.<br/>Authors, English--Biography.<br/>Anglicists.<br/>Authors, English.<br/>Fantasy literature--Authorship.<br/>Middle Earth (Imaginary place)<br/>Authors, English--20th century--Biography.<br/>Fantasy (litteratur)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Young adult nonfiction.<br/>Biographies.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6039.O32  / Z62 1977 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>B