Buy this book on-line TOLKIEN**, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]: : LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS.**LONDON.COLLINS CHILDREN'S BOOKS,1995. ISBN 000137463X.
UK,landscpe 16mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated sharp-cornered boards with colour pictorial artwork by J R R Tolkien,illustrated covers with black+red lettering to front, and colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, landscape 16mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,44pp [unpaginated] includes 10 envelopes with facsimile colour illustrated Christmas letters - all complete and present.
All children know how busy Father Christmas is in December,but what does he do for the rest of the year?
Some of his secrets are revealed in this collection of letters and pictures,written by J.R.R. Tolkien for his own children. Take them out of the envelopes and read for yourself the adventures of the mischievious North Polar Bear,of the elves that help him get the presents ready and the battles with the troublesome goblins.
An unusual item/ephemera in Tolkien's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Tolkien canon.
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