SKU: BBB-0266
LITERATURE - MEDIEVAL - MIDDLE ENGLISH - CLASSIC - TOLKIEN-EDITED
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
| Author | Anon. (ed. J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon; revised by Norman Davis, Oxford) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press |
| Year Published | 1968 |
| Edition | Second Edition — Oxford Clarendon Press 1968 (first pub. in this edition 1925; second ed. 1967; first issued as paperback 1968) |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Genre | LITERATURE / Medieval / Middle English / Classic / Tolkien-edited |
| BriteBound SKU | BBB-0266 |
About This Book
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. A Comedy in Narrative. Edited by J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon. Second Edition revised by Norman Davis, Oxford. Published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1968. © Oxford University Press 1967. Repressions: 1925 (first ed.), 1930, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1966; Second Edition 1967; First issued as paperback 1968. Printed lithographically in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford. Preface to the Second Edition by Norman Davis notes the first edition was published in 1925 and that E.V. Gordon died in 1938 before the revision was complete. Bright lime green cover with black medieval manuscript illustration. Cover shows light wear; interior very clean. ⭐ TOLKIEN CONNECTION: J.R.R. Tolkien's scholarly edition of this 14th-century Arthurian poem is highly sought by Tolkien collectors and medievalists alike. This is one of the most important academic texts Tolkien produced outside of his fiction. Steady and strong resale demand.