Tolkien, J.R.R. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other Verses from The Red Book 1st Am Edition

Tolkien, J.R.R. (1892-1973) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other Verses from The Red Book

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. Pauline Baynes Illustrations. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Very light touches of wear to edges of jacket and boards, near fine in a near fine priced dust jacket. 8vo; 9 inches tall; 63 pages. Collectible and giftable. First American Edition.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red Book, consist of 16 poems, three about Tom Bombadil himself, one about a hobbit and a troll, two about the Man in the Moon, six which represent simply 'adventures', and four which are in the nature of a bestiary, familiar places to instill the feel of a Middle Earth setting.