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Allen & Unwin, Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London, England, United Kingdom.: Unwin Paperbacks., 1979. 144 pgs. Dragon cover; SCARCE title; . Third Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Pauline Diana Baynes Illustrations. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Mass Market Paperback.

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.

Ruskin House, Museum Street: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1962. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Baynes, Pauline. Tom Bombadil's adventures and verses composed by Bilbo and other Hobbits. Of much interest to fans of the Lord of the Rings. 64 Pages. Illustrated with Full Page and In Text Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Cover is Paper Covered Boards Illustrated with Tom Bombadil in a boat, sea creatures etc. Some wear at corners and around spine. A few small areas on front where old labels have been removed. No inscriptions. Nice clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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.

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.

George Allen & Unwin 1962. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 64pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to extrems & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, tatty (price clipped, 2/3 of rear & lower third of spine completely missing with moderate tape staining to tear points, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges)

London: George Allen & Unwin 1962. 8vo. 64 pp. Pictorial boards in dustjacket of the same design. A tear to front panel of jacket and some wear to edges. Internally clean and fresh with many colour and b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes. This poem marks the first appearance of the character Tom Bombadil, who later appears as a supporting character in the Lord of the Rings series. The poem also features Lord of the Ring characters: Goldberry, Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wight. . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. 2nd Impression. 1962.

London : Allen & Unwin, 1972. 6th edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the colour-printed boards. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled andrubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Small tear on page 15. In a good, somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. Contents; The adventures of Tom Bombadil -- Bombadil goes boating -- Errantry -- Princess Mee -- The man in the moon stayed up too late -- The man in the moon came down too soon -- The stone troll -- Perry-the-winkle -- The mewlips -- Oliphaunt -- Cat -- Fastitocalon -- Shadow-bride -- The hoard -- The sea-bell -- The last ship. Subjects; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973. Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973. Fantasy poetry, English. Children's poetry, English. Poetry.Po�sie enfantine anglaise. Children's poetry, English. Fantasy poetry, English. English poetry. Children's… Read More

Caedmon, 1967. Book. Very Good +. No Binding. First Edition.. A nice copy of this LP, some light wear to the disc, in a very good sleeve with some chipping to the rear pasted on credit sheet, top edge is splitting. Notes by W. H. Auden..

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1972. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 9" by 5.5". Pauline Baynes. Bright sixth impression of this anthology of verse by famous author J R R Tolkien. The sixth impression of this work. A collection of sixteen poems featuring the character of Tom Bombadil, encountered by Frodo Baggins in Tolkien's masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings.' With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's pictorial boards binding. Externally lovely with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine

London: George Allen Unwin, 1968 first edition third impression, pictorial hard covers, lightly rubbed to spine ends and corners, dust jacket rubbed to head of spine with short split at the lower joint and associated creasing, price clipped, 64pp very clean internals, (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Pauline Baynes. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

TOLKIEN, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from The Red Book. With Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. 8vo, 64pp. Color pictorial boards. 6 full-page two-color illustrations and numerous smaller b&w and two-color illustrations. Top and bottom edges a bit worn, tiny bit of soiling to rear free endpaper, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (minute wear at edges).
First US edition, being issued one year after the UK edition. A collection of 16 poems, including two which feature the beloved character of Tom Bombadil who was first encountered by Frodo Baggins in
The Fellowship of the Ring, and Sam Gamgee's own poem,Oliphant. These poems are presented as an actual translation from The Red Book of Westmarch, a manuscript supposedly written by hobbits, and some of which are attributed to Samwise Gamgee and Bilbo Baggins. Featuring delightful illustrations by Pauline Baynes (perhaps best-known for her illustrations… Read More

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Fine in pictorial boards and modestly spine-toned near fine dust jacket.