Farmer Giles of Ham
Farmer Giles of Ham is a short story written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1937, first published in 1949.
The story describes the encounters between Farmer Giles and a wily dragon named Chrysophylax, and how Giles manages to use these to rise from humble beginnings to rival the king of the land. It is cheerfully anachronistic and light-hearted, set in Britain in an imaginary period of the "Dark Ages", and featuring mythical creatures, medieval knights, and primitive firearms. It is only tangentially connected with Middle-earth.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book is a 1962 collection of poetry by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book contains 16 poems, two of which feature Tom Bombadil, the rest of the poems are an assortment of bestiary verse and fairy tale rhyme. Three of the poems appear in The Lord of the Rings as well.
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Paperback, good condition. Some wear to cover edges. Slight floxing to some pages. Creasing on binding. Sun-fading on back cover.
Published by Unwin Books, 1975. FIrst edition of this anthology.