The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Other Verses from the Red Book by TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (1892-1973), [BAYNES, Pauline, illustrator]

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

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.

A FOURTH IMPRESSION HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED BOARDS WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PRICED AT 16s. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATES & BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS AMONG TEXT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 64 PAGES. SOME MINOR EDGE WEAR TO JACKET WITH RUBBING TO SPINE OF JACKET &. COUPLE OF VERTICAL SCRATCHES TO REAR OF JACKET, MINOR WEAR TO TOP OF SPINE, INSCRIPTION TO INNER FRONT BOARD. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH PAGES CLEAN. PLEASE NOTE: SEVERAL REFLECTIONS ARE PRESENT IN IMAGES FROM THE CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING ON DUST JACKET. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

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.

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.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Owner name stamp on front fly, a few passages scored in ink and a few small notes, thus very good in pictorial boards and modestly spine-toned near fine dust jacket.

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.