Smith of Wootton Major.

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.:

Published by Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company First edition, 1967

About this Item

small 8vo., 63 pages, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original cloth gilt. A very fine bright clean copy in an unusally fine dustwrapper. Smith of Wootton Major, first published in 1967, is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien. It tells the tale of a Great Cake, baked for the once in twenty-four year Feast of Good Children. The Master Cook, Nokes, hides some trinkets in the cake for the children to find; one is a star he found in an old spice box. A boy, Smith, swallows the star. On his tenth birthday the star appears on his forehead, and he starts to roam the Land of Faery. After twenty-four years the Feast comes around again, and Smith surrenders the star to Alf, the new Master Cook. Alf bakes the star into a new Great Cake for another child to find. Seller Inventory # 3924

Bibliographic Details

Title: Smith of Wootton Major.

Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company First edition

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition