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Tolkien, J. R. R. & Christopher (editor).
Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun [With original artwork by Bill Sanderson].
Publisher: Harper Collins, London;
Date of Publication: 2009
Stock Code: 12903
First edition, octavo, pp., 377. With pen and ink illustration of Sigurd in profile, by Bill Sanderson dated 5th May 2009 to title-page. Chocolate brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, in publisher’s illustrated dust-jacket.
A near fine copy in like dust-jacket. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún contains two narrative poems and related texts composed by J. R. R. Tolkien. The two poems were probably written during the 1930s, and were inspired by the legend of Sigurd and the fall of the Niflungs in Norse mythology. Both poems are in a form of alliterative verse inspired by the traditional verse of the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century. Christopher Tolkien has added copious notes and commentary on his father's work. £250.00