The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

First US edition of a collection of verse-works by the master of fantasy fiction, mostly taken from the Third Age of Middle-Earth and including the adventures of jolly Tom Bombadil, famous from Lord of the Rings for rescuing Frodo and friends from the barrow-wights. First American edition; 8vo; numerous illustrations, some in colour; original illustrated paper boards, in the price-clipped dust jacket, a little rubbing to extremities, a near-fine copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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