This revised & expanded edition of Tolkien's own Hobbit-inspired poetry
Includes:: previously unpublished poems & notes & is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss while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 & 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 & enigmatic Tom Bombadil also appears in verses said to have been written by Hobbits & preserved in the Red Book' with stories of Bilbo & Frodo Baggins & their friends The Adventures of Tom Bombadil collects these & other poems mainly concerned with legends & 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 & comprehensive notes by acclaimed Tolkien scholars Christina Scull & Wayne G Hammond