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). 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. 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.