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 essay "On Fairy Stories" (1947) and the allegorical short story "Leaf by Niggle" (1945). Hammond & Anderson A7b (issued simultaneously with paperback copies). Michael D. C. Drout, ed., J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, 2006. Octavo. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge green. With dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed, as often; jacket spine and folds toned, else bright and unclipped: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.

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.