Farmer Giles of Ham - Tales From The Perilous Realm

Tales From The Perilous Realm

This 2008 reprint:

  • includes a new Introduction by Tom Shippey;
  • omits Tolkien's Latin title page;
  • has new illustrations by Alan Lee, who draws Garm (talking dog) as a Mastiff instead of a Greyhound (as Pauline Baynes had).

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