<p><b>Stories, poems, and commentaries by the author of<i>The Hobbit</i>and The Lord of the Rings</b><br /> <br /> FARMER GILES OF HAM<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL<br /> A collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings.<br /> <br /> TREE AND LEAF<br /> Contains “On Fairy-stories,” Professor Tolkien’s now-famous essay on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy.<br /> <br /> . . . and other dazzling works, including an introduction by Peter S. Beagle</p>