Books

First edition, first impression, of Tolkien's two works on "the meaning and value of myth and fantasy" (Drout, p. 676). The works included are a revised version of his 1947 essay "On Fairy Stories" and the allegorical short story "Leaf by Niggle", originally published in 1945. Octavo. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge green. With dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed, edges and endpapers lightly foxed, contents clean; unclipped jacket slightly foxed, spine a little toned: a very good copy in very good jacket. Hammond & Anderson A7b (issued simultaneously with paperback copies). Michael D. C. Drout, ed., J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, 2006.

Tree and Leaf is a small book published in 1964 containing a seminal essay and works such as 'On Fairy-Stories' and 'Leaf by Niggle' by J.R.R. Tolkien.