The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Other Verses from The Red Book by TOLKIEN, J. R. R. & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1974, 1974. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; xi, 167 pages ; 22 cm ; ISBN: 0395184908; 9780395184905 LCCN: 74-1240 ; LC: PR6039.O32; Dewey: 828/.9/1209 ; OCLC: 811010 ; "Discusses Tolkien's minor prose, The Hobbit, The lord of the rings trilogy, and The adventures of Tom Bombadil." ; photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Tolkien's world, an introduction -- I desired dragons : The development of a theory of fantasy -- Tolkien's Leaf : The Hobbit and the discovery of a world -- The Hobbit as swain : A world of myth -- Frodo anti-Faust : The Lord of the Rings as contemporary mythology -- Tolkien's world : The structure and aesthetic of The Lord of the Rings -- The myth allegorized : Tolkien's minor prose -- Last gleanings from the Red Book : Scholarly parody in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil ; VG.

George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. George Allen & Unwin LTD 1974 rerprint. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1974. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 8th Impression 8vo in colour printed boards, 63pp on stiff paper, illustrations in text __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy. ... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Pauline Baynes. Second impression. Very lightly bumped at the corners. Size: Octavo . Illustrator: Pauline Baynes. Category: Children; .

THE RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDG, 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Hardcover.\r\nMinor wear to the dust jacket.\r\nNo cover wear.\r\nClean unmarked text. \r\nTight binding.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975. First Edition, Ninth Impression . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pauline Baynes. 1975 First edition, ninth impression. Size octavo, 64 pages. Pictorial boards illustrated by Pauline Baynes, matching dust jacket. Book condition very good, hinges rubbed, previous owner's name to front end-paper else contents very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and edges rubbed with a couple of creases and some chips, 1x1 inch tear without loss to upper edge of front panel, 1.5 x .5 inch tear with loss to front lower outer corner, not price clipped, blue A & U sticker without price over the original price. With wonderful illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Tom Bombadil also appears in The Fellowship of the Ring. He was the oldest being in Middle-Earth along with TreeBeard and the other Ents. He was always there from the begining. JRR Tolkien created Tom as a founding father of middle-earth much… Read More

George Allen & Unwin, 1974. 8th printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8th Impression of the 1st Printing. Wrapper is in a clear plastic wrapper. Wrapper is price clipped and very lightly rubbed, but clean. Boards are clean, tape marks to pastedowns, otherwise, Clean throughout. Near Fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. First printing of this re-issue (originally published in the U.S. in 1963. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Tall octavo. Fine in pictorial boards.

Boston, Massachusetts: Riverside Press/Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Baynes, Pauline. Collection of verses of Hobbit origin, illustrated throughout the 64 pages with delicate duo- and tri-tone sketches by P. Baynes. Orig. published in Britain in 1961, this is the Fourth Printing (W) of the First American Edition from 1963. With decorative paper-covered boards, this slim hardcover is in Good condition: generally quite clean, pages slightly off-white, with a random spot or smudge. Two stickers from previous owner on ffep, else unmarked. Moderate edgewear all around, heaviest at corners, a few small nicks & chips to both covers, but images are colorful & bright, with no fading. Missing DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays, Pacific time; later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. , 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fifth impression. With two-tone illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Very light rubbing to edges of DJ and volume. Previous owner's unseen protective tape inside of jacket. DJ unclipped. Contents crisp and clean. A nice example. Very good+