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The definitive assortment of Tolkien’s traditional “fairie” stories, in the vein of The Hobbit, illustrated by Oscar-Winner Alan LeeNever before printed within a volume, Tolkien’s four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are collected together for the very first time, in a completely illustrated volume. This new, definitive assortment of works -- which had seemed individually, in a variety of platforms, between 1949 and 1998 -- comes with a brandname-new foreword and endmatter, and with a number of step-by-step pen drawings by Alan Lee, in the type of his other award-winning Tolkien function, most recently within The Youngsters of Húrin.The guide may be the ideal chance for supporters of Middle-earth to savor a number of Tolkien’s often-overlooked however most innovative storytelling. With mud sorcerers and dragons, ocean creatures and knights, hobbits and dwarves, this series includes all the traditional aspects for Tolkien enthusiasts of all ages.