Tolkien's gown : and other stories of great authors and rare books / Rick Gekoski.
Publication details: London : Constable, 2004.Description: 240 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 1845292391 (pbk.) :
- 184119929X (hbk.) :
- 820.8 22
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 820.8 GEK | Available | 072021 |
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Radio tie-in.
In Tolkien's Gown, a book based loosely on that hugely successful radio series, Rick Gekoski discusses twenty great works of modern literature as both texts and objects. At once erudite and funny, the essays give a publishing biography of each book, together with comments about the author's involvement with first editions of the works. 'What is the value of a book?' he asks. The answers are both critical and financial, involving appraisals of the literary qualities of the works, together with an account of their (sometimes surprising) value in the rare book trade.