Tales from the Perilous Realm - Softcover

J.R.R. Tolkien

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0261103431 ISBN 13: 9780261103436

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 1st PB Edition Thus, 1988. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind. In attractive pictorial paperback featuring white silhouette illustrations against black and gilt, very gently rubbed to lower corner of lower wrapper, and very slightly to spine, not intruding or detracting.

About this title

About the Author:

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 40 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

From AudioFile:

This collection of four of Tolkien's short works, dramatized for BBC Radio, is narrated by Sir Michael Hordern, who played Gandalf in the BBC dramatization of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The stories include "Farmer Giles of Ham," featuring Brian Blessed as an unlikely dragon hunter, and "Smith of Wootton Major," with Paul Copley as a young blacksmith who visits the faerie realm. "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" is a sequence from THE LORD OF THE RINGS not included in the BBC adaptation of that saga. The story will be familiar to Tolkien devotees, even though it's not the cycle of poems from Tolkien's book, but it will likely confuse most listeners. The highlight of the set is "Leaf by Niggle," a beautiful allegory about art, life, and meaning, featuring Alfred Molina as a beleaguered artist and John Fleming as his neighbor. S.E.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2009 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0261103431
• ISBN 13: 9780261103436
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192