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Letters from Father Christmas (Hardcover, Deluxe Slipcased edition)
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Letters from Father Christmas (Hardcover, Deluxe Slipcased edition)
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This beautiful, deluxe slipcased edition of Tolkien’s famous
illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his children includes
for the first time every available letter, picture and envelope
that he sent them, reproduced in glorious colour. The perfect
Christmas gift for Tolkien lovers of all ages. This classic festive
book of Tolkien’s amazing Father Christmas letters written to his
children between the 1920s and the 1940s has been reworked into a
sumptuous, new deluxe edition. It contains brand new high-quality
digital reproductions of his wonderful letters and pictures,
including a number of them that have never been printed before, a
revised introduction by Baillie Tolkien, and a special full-colour,
foldout frontispiece. ‘My dear children, I am more shaky than
usual this year. The North Polar Bear’s fault. It was the biggest
bang in the world, and the most monstrous firework there has ever
been. It turned the North Pole black!’ Every December an envelope
bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J. R. R.
Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery
handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The
letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of
life at the North Pole: • How all the reindeer got loose and
scattered presents all over the place. • How the accident-prone
Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of
Father Christmas’s house into the dining-room • How he broke
the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back
garden • How there were wars with the troublesome horde of
goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house! Sometimes the
Polar Bear would scrawl a note, and sometimes Ilbereth the Elf
would write in his elegant flowing script, adding yet more life and
humour to the stories. From the first note to Tolkien’s eldest
son in 1920 to the final poignant letter to his daughter in 1943,
this book collects all the remarkable letters and pictures in one
enchanting edition. No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed
by the inventiveness of Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas.
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2019 |
Authors: |
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Dimensions: |
228 x 149 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
208 |
Edition: |
Deluxe Slipcased edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-832772-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
0-00-832772-6 |
Barcode: |
9780008327729 |
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