Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Pearl
Sir Orfeo
Translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
Edited by Christopher Tolkien
1978 First Paperback Edition
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
ISBN: 0395264693
Trade paperback
160 pp.
Cover illustration by Pauline Baynes
Hammond Page Ref.: pp. 323-324
Notes
This collection is comprised of Tolkien’s translations of four Middle English texts: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo and Gawain’s Leave-taking along with several short pieces by Tolkien discussing various aspects of the poems.
1st Printing: May 4, 1978 – 15,000 copies
2nd Printing: Does not exist
3rd Printing: February, 1978* – 5,000 copies
At least six printings issued.
At least one printing (probably the 4th Printing) has no number line and no price on its back cover.
RRP: $3.95; $7.95 by the 6th Printing.
*This printing was made up of the 5,000 copies originally printed for a hardcover 1975 First U.S. Edition, 3rd Printing.