Beowulf Hardcover 5 Book Lot Tolkien Heaney Sutcliff Wrenn Faber FSG

by Tolkien

$120 · Offered by eBay · No longer available

Remarkable 5-book hardcover Beowulf collection featuring some of the most respected and influential modern translations, and interpretations of the legendary Anglo-Saxon epic. Includes: Beowulf: Dragon Slayer - Rosemary Sutcliff, Bodley Head Beowulf with the Finnesburg Fragment - C.F. Wrenn Beowulf: A New Translation - Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) - Seamus Heaney, Farrar Straus Giroux Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell - J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, First U.S. Edition All books feature clean pages and tight bindings throughout. General light wear from age and handling. The FSG Heaney edition has a small tear at the bottom of the dust jacket spine. The Tolkien volume has a small marker line on the bottom page edge. The Sutcliff edition has a price-clipped dust jacket. A handsome collection spanning literary re-tellings, scholarly editions, modern verse translations, and Tolkien's long-awaited interpretation of one of the foundational works of English literature. An excellent opportunity for collectors, Tolkien enthusiasts, medieval literature readers, and students of Beowulf. Please see photos for full condition details.*** Will ship to the lower 48 states only. Thank you. All sales final (moving sale / downsizing personal library).

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780544442788
• Condition: Very Good

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