THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL And Other Verses From The Red Book

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

Edité par George Allen & Unwin, London, 1962

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First edition. Octavo. Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards, with a full-colour wraparound design illustrated by Pauline Baynes, in the original dustwrapper of the same design. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes in line and with full-page illustrations in black and orange. A bright, near fine copy, in a very good dustwrapper indeed,a couple of unnecessary tape repairs to back of jacket. The final book set in Middle-Earth to be published in Tolkien's lifetime. Tom Bombadil first surfaced in a 1934 poem Tolkien published in the Oxford magazine, and in 1937 Tolkien suggested that this character could be the hero of a sequel to The Hobbit. This didn't come to fruition, but in the 1960s Tolkien's aunt Jane Neave suggested he should produce a gift book about Tom Bombadil that people could buy at Christmas presents. Tolkien and his publisher collected poems about Tom, and other poems from Middle-earth into the present volume.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL And Other Verses From The Red Book
• Éditeur: George Allen & Unwin, London
• Date de parution: 1962
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette