THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original illustrated paper-covered boards, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates, highlighted with orange, by Pauline Baynes. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing and bumping at the spine tips and board corners, the boards bright and fresh. There is some faint spotting to the top edge of the closed text-block, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears and some toning to the spine. Not price-clipped (13s 6d on the front flap).

A beautifully illustrated collection of 16 poems, three of which previously appeared in The Lord of the Rings. Tom Bombadil was the last book set in Middle-Earth to be published during Tolkien's lifetime. (Hammond & Anderson A6a).