FARMER GILES OF HAM. Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilea mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or in the vulgar tongue The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom.
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FARMER GILES OF HAM. Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilea mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or in the vulgar tongue The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom.
Embellished by Pauline Diana Baynes.
by TOLKIEN, J.R.R. [John Ronald Reuel]
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good in Dust Jacket
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London & Boston: George Allen & Unwin Ltd / Houghton Mifflin Company., [1973].. First Edition, Tenth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Dust Jacket. Tenth impression. Octavo, original tan boards titled in dark blue on spine, design of a dragon in dark blue on front panel. [79] pp. Decorative endpapers, frontispiece and one additional colour plate, black & white line drawings in the text. This edition was issued jointly under both the Allen & Unwin and Houghton Mifflin imprints, allowing copies to be sold by either company. Depending on the expected market, dustwrappers were printed with either 1) A price in British Pounds; 2) A price in US Dollars; or 3) No printed price. On this copy the lower corner of the front jacket flap has been clipped and the publisher has printed "PRICE NET £1.35 IN UK ONLY" beside the clipped corner. A fine copy in a near fine original pictorial dust jacket designed by Baynes, light browning along spine panel, small touch of wear at spine head. An attractive copy.
¶ Tolkien's charming medieval fantasy novel of a farmer and the dragon Chrysophylax, with lovely illustrations by Pauline Baynes, the illustrator of C.S. Lewis' NARNIA tales.
¶ Tolkien's charming medieval fantasy novel of a farmer and the dragon Chrysophylax, with lovely illustrations by Pauline Baynes, the illustrator of C.S. Lewis' NARNIA tales.
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- FARMER GILES OF HAM. Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilea mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or in the vulgar tongue The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom. Embellished by Pauline Diana Baynes.
- Author
- TOLKIEN, J.R.R. [John Ronald Reuel]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Tenth Printing
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd / Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Place of Publication
- London & Boston
- Date Published
- [1973].
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