The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

This revised and expanded edition of Tolkien’s own Hobbit-inspired
poetry includes previously unpublished poems and notes, and is
beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes.

‘Here is
something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while
awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people
– a selection [of verses] offered as an ‘interim report’ to those
interested in Hobbit-lore, and to any others who may find amusement in
this mixed bag of old confections.’

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 been expanded to
include earlier versions of some of Tolkien’s poems, a fragment of a
prose story with Tom Bombadil, and comprehensive notes by acclaimed
Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.