Title: J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography Title Record # 1232896
Author: Humphrey Carpenter
Date: 1977-00-00
Type: NONFICTION
Language: English
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Year Title 1977 Tolkien: A Biography	Year Language Title 1980ⓘTranslated by Pierre Alien French J. R. R. Tolkien, une biographie 2001ⓘTranslated by Vesa Sisättö and Johanna Vainikainen (poems) Finnish Tolkien elämäkerta

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography	1977-00-00	Humphrey Carpenter	George Allen & Unwin	0-04-928037-6	£4.95?£: UK pound	287	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography	1978-12-31	Humphrey Carpenter	Unwin Paperbacks	0-04-928039-2	£1.25?£: UK pound	287+ [8]	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography	1998-09-07	Humphrey Carpenter	HarperCollins (UK)	0-261-10245-1		288	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography	2011-04-28	Humphrey Carpenter	HarperCollins (UK)	978-0-00-738125-8	£5.35?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	non-fic
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography	date unknown	Humphrey Carpenter	Houghton Mifflin	978-0-618-05702-3	$15.95?$: US dollar	288	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Billett Potter

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Reviews

• Review by David Johns (1977) in Galileo, October 1977
• Review by Lester del Rey (1977) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1977
• Review by Gary L. Aho (1977) in The New Tolkien Newsletter: A Review of the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien, March 1982, (1982)
• Review by Charles N. Brown (1978) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January-February 1978
• Review by Colin Steele (1993) in SF Commentary, #73/74/75
• Review by Nigel Quinlan (2002) in Albedo One, #25, 2002
• Review [French] by Thomas Day (2014) in Bifrost, #76