The Tolkien Reader - J.R.R. Tolkien - 1966 Illustrated Ballantine Books Paperback

Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Blurb: “AN INVITATIONTO TOLKIENS WORLD This rich treasury includes Tolkien's most beloved short fiction plus his essay on tantasy. FARMER GILES OF HAM An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL A collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings. ON FAIRY-STORIES Professor Tolkien's now-famous essay on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy. —And More- BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT”