The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
by J. R. R. Tolkien; Pauline Baynes [Illustrator]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 039508251X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395082515
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin (T). First American Edition Nineth Pr. hardcover. Good/Fair. 8x5x0. Closed tears to top and bottom edge of dust jacket (DJ). Sunned and soiled DJ spine. Bumped and ripped DJ top outer edge corners. Browning to inner DJ edge. Browning along DJ inner seams. Shelf wear to head and tail (foot) of DJ and illustrated boards. "6.95" printed on front inner DJ flap. Previous owner's name on first blank fly-leaf. Natural browning of pages. "W 15 14 13 12 11 10 9" number-line. 4 full size pages with orange-colored illustrations. Multiple B&W illustrations. Approx dimensions: 5.75"x9"x.5
Synopsis
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is a collection of poetry written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published in 1962. The book contains 16 poems, only two of which deal with Tom Bombadil, a character who is most famous for his encounter with Frodo Baggins in The Fellowship of the Ring (the first volume in Tolkien's best-selling The Lord of the Rings). The rest of the poems are an assortment of bestiary verse and fairy tale rhyme. Two of the poems appear in The Lord of the Rings as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain's Book Shoppe LLC IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18cmc
- Title
- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Author
- J. R. R. Tolkien; Pauline Baynes [Illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition Nineth Pr
- ISBN 10
- 039508251X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395082515
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin (T)
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma
- This edition first published
- October 1978
- Size
- 8x5x0
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Fantasy; Tolkien;
- X weight
- 10 oz
Terms of Sale
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fly-Leaf
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.