Roverandom

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973 (Author). Scull, Christina. (Added Author). Hammond, Wayne G. (Added Author).

Summary: In 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach. To console him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, endured several drafts over the years. Now, more than seventy years later, the adventures of Rover are published for the first time. Rich in wit and wordplay, Roverandom is edited and introduced by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond and illustrated with Tolkien's own delightful drawings.

Item details

ISBN: 0395898714
ISBN: 9780395898710
ISBN: 0395957990
ISBN: 9780395957998
Physical Description: print
xxii, 106 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-106).
Formatted Contents Note:	Roverandom -- Illustrations / J.R.R. Tolkien -- House Where 'Rover' Began His Adventures as a 'Toy' -- Rover Arrives on the Moon -- The White Dragon Pursues Roverandom & the Moondog -- Lunar Landscape -- The Gardens of the Merking's Palace.

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