Letters From Father Christmas.

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

Item Number: 118765

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.

First edition of this collection of letters from the author of the Lord of the Rings. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Ballie Tolkien.

The Father Christmas Letters are a collection of letters written and illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien between 1920 and 1942 for his children, from Father Christmas. They were edited by Baillie Tolkien, second wife of his youngest son, Christopher. The book was warmly received by critics, and it has been suggested that elements of the stories inspired parts of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.