Carpenter, Humphrey. <br/><br/>
J.R.R. Tolkien :  a biography / 
Humphrey Carpenter. 
 - 1st Houghton Mifflin pbk. ed. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  2000, c1987. 
 - 288 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill., ports. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: J.R.R. Tolkien. London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1977.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>"Sources and acknowledgements": p. 276-279. "The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien": p. [266]-275. 
<br/><br/> A biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the fictional world of Middle-Earth, discussing his early life, his career as a scholar and teacher, his decision to write and the development of his work. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0618057021 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB*** 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, English--20th century--Biography.<br/>Anglicists--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Fantasy literature--Authorship.<br/>Middle Earth (Imaginary place)