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Farmer Giles of Ham Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de  Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilei mira facinora  et mirabilis exortus, or in the vulgar tongue, The Rise and Wonderful  Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of  the Little Kingdom

Farmer Giles of Ham Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilei mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or in the vulgar tongue, The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom

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Farmer Giles of Ham Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilei mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or in the vulgar tongue, The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom

by Tolkien, J. R. R

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London: George Allen and Unwin 1957. 8vo. 2nd impression. 80 pp. Hardcover with dragon design to board in illustrated jacket, clipped, but showing a price of 7 ; illustrated endpapers. Short tear at head of jacket's spine, which has some spotting. Internally clean. With 2 full page colour illustrations and numerous in-text black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Tolkien's comic medieval fable set around Oxford, which parodies traditional tales of dragon-slaying with concern for environmental loss in Oxfordshire. . Near Fine. Decorated Boards. 2nd Impression. 1957.

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Title
Farmer Giles of Ham Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilei mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or in the vulgar tongue, The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom
Author
Tolkien, J. R. R
Illustrator
Baynes, Pauline Diana
Format/Binding
Decorated Boards
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
2nd Impression
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
George Allen and Unwin 1957
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1957
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Fable,Medieval,Comic,LOTR,Environmentalism,Philology
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