All books described honestly and accurately. Neat gift inscription and a few lines of text in pen to front end-paper. Farmer Giles of Ham is one of a small number of humorous stories told by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien for his young family of four children Smith of Wootton Major (1967) is another. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Boards are very good with minor pushing/bumping to corners and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. 8mms) tears, a little patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), the odd very small mark, a little creasing/rubbing to edges, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, the odd mark/spot of foxing to reverse (white side), a little pushing/bumping to corners and is in only good condition. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, a few small (approx. Second British printing, 1962 (first printing also 1962). JRR Tolkien created Tom as a founding father of middle-earth much as Aule was a father of the people of middle earth. Published byHarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2014 ISBN 10: 0007542933ISBN 13: 9780007542932 Seller: WorldofBooks20, GORING BY SEA, United Kingdom Contact seller Seller Rating: BookFirst Edition New - HardcoverCondition: New 9. He was the oldest being in Middle-Earth along with TreeBeard and the other Ents. Tom Bombadil also appears in The Fellowship of the Ring. With wonderful illustrations by Pauline Baynes.

5 inch tear with loss to front lower outer corner, not price clipped, blue A & U sticker without price over the original price. 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. Book condition very good, hinges rubbed, previous owner's name to front end-paper else contents very clean. Pictorial boards illustrated by Pauline Baynes, matching dust jacket.

Farmer giles of ham first edition