Description
A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien?_Ts major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings. What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by Tolkien to suggest an early work by P.G. Wodehouse. Composed almost a decade after The Lord of the Rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the ?_~Silmarillion?_T was winding down, Smith of Wootton Major was the product of ripened experience and reflection. It was published in 1967 as a small hardback, complete with charming black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes, and would be the last work of fiction to be published in Tolkien?_Ts own lifetime. Now, almost 50 years on, this enchanting tale of a wanderer who finds his way into the perilous realm of Faery is being published once again as a pocket hardback. Contained here are many intriguing links to the world of Middle-earth, as well as to Tolkien?_Ts other tales, and this new edition is enhanced with a facsimile of the illustrated first edition, a manuscript of Tolkien?_Ts early draft of the story, notes and an alternate ending, and a lengthy essay on the nature of Faery.
Binding: Hardback
Binding: Hardback