Smith of Wootton Major.

£125 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

This story about a cook and a cake was originally intended as a preface to a new edition of George MacDonald's The Golden Key which Tolkien was invited to write. First edition, first printing; 12mo (15.5 x 11 cm); ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, stain to fore-edge of pp14-19; illustrated paper over boards with wrap-around design by Pauline Baynes, issued without dustjacket, a little chipped and rubbed at extremities; 61, [3]pp.

• Printing: first
• Binding: Hardcover

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