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Tolkien, J. R. R.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from the Red Book.
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1962
Stock Code: 8318
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Octavo, pp. 63, [1]. Numerous illustrations throughout by Pauline Baynes, of which 6 are full-page. Publishers’ pictorial paper-covered boards, in matching price-clipped dust-jacket. A bright copy with spine slightly rubbed at tips. Faint foxing to endpapers, and ownership inscription to ffep; signature of illustrator Pauline Baynes to title page, over her printed name. Jacket unobtrusively foxed, a little heavier to verso and white flaps, with rubbed corners and spine tips. A Very Good copy in like jacket. Collection of 16 poems, two featuring Tom Bombadil of The Lord of the Rings, and part of Tolkien’s Middle Earth legendarium. Sold