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.
London & Boston: George Allen & Unwin Ltd / Houghton Mifflin Company. [1972]. First Edition, Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Ninth 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 jacket has a price of £1.25 to the lower corner of the front flap. A fine copy in a near fine original pictorial dust jacket designed by Baynes, a few small stains. Near Fine in Dust Jacket. Item #308984
¶ 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.
Price (USD): $125.00