Tales from the Perilous Realm
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| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Released | January 1997 |
| Format | Hardback in dustwrapper |
| Pages | 178 |
| ISBN | 0261103423 |
Tales from the Perilous Realm, first published in 1997, is a compilation of several short stories and poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, which had been previously published separately or in other compilations:
From the publisher
The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax; Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree in Leaf by Niggle; hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake.
Editions
Harpercollins First edition,1997 (3 February),ISBN: 9780261103429
Harpercollins First Paperback edition,1998(3 August),ISBN:ISBN:9780261103436
Harpercollins Second edition, 2008 (1 October),ISBN:9780007257546
Harpercollins De Luxe edition 2008 (17 November)ISBN: 9780007237159
Harpercollins Paperback edition 2002 (1 December)ISBN: 9780007149124
Harpercollins Paperback edition 2009,(02 April) ISBN: 9780007280599
2008 edition
A new edition was published in September 2008, followed by the full-cast dramatization in October. Tales from the Perilous Realm was 2008's "flagship book"; Roverandom was added to the compilation.[1]
| Tales from the Perilous Realm | |
| Farmer Giles of Ham · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil · Leaf by Niggle · Smith of Wootton Major Roverandom (since 2008) · On Fairy-Stories (since 2008) | |
