The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

DESCRIPTION : This revised and expanded edition of Tolkiens own Hobbit-inspired poetry includes previously unpublished poems and notes, and is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes. \’Tom was here before the river and the trees. He made paths before the Big People and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already One of the most intriguing characters in The Lord of the Rings, the amusing and enigmatic Tom Bombadil also appears in verses said to have been written by Hobbits and preserved in the Red Book with stories of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins and their friends. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil collects these and other poems, mainly concerned with legends and jests of the Shire at the end of the Third Age. This special edition has also been expanded to include earlier versions of some poems, a fragment of a prose story with Tom Bombadil, and comprehensive notes by acclaimed Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780008700195 BY (AUTHOR) Tolkien, J. R. R., EDITED BY Hammond, Wayne G., EDITED BY Scull, Christina, ILLUSTRATED BY Baynes, Pauline PUBLISHER : HarperCollins Publishers PUBLICATION DATE : August 29, 2024 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : HarperCollins LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 200 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Biography, Literature & Literary studies Fiction & Related items