Farmer
Giles di Ham
di J.R.R.
Tolkien
George Allen and Unwin, Londra / Houghton
Mifflin, Boston
1° ed. 1949, 7° Impr. 1970
Printed in Great Britain by photolithography by John
Dickens and Co Ltd, Northampton
Dedicato a C.H. Wilkinson
Illustrato da Pauline Baynes
Rilegato
con sovraccoperta
Note di copertina
Here is a
new tale by the author of The Hobbit,
a fairy story which was acclaimed by discerning critics as possessing an
imaginative vitality by discerning as
rare as genius. Farmer Giles, rather than a fairy story of any usual kind, is
an imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past. Its scene is the
valley of the Thames and this island of Britain, while it was “still happily
divided intro many kingdoms,” in the days before King Arthur or the Seven
Kingdoms.
Here is a new hero, unheroic, but fortunate and
shrewd, Farmer Giles of Ham, and his mare, and his dog. Here also for
dragon-fanciers, is another dragon, less terrible perhaps than Smaug, but no
less wealthy or wily: Chrystophylax of imperial line.
The story was not written for children in particular,
but many of them will enjoy it all the more for that, as some already have. Its
imaginative atmosphere and magic are best captured when it is read aloud, when
it will live with all the force of “a tale that holdeth children from play and
old men from the chimney corner.”
The delightful embellishments by Pauline Diana Baynes
include two plates in colour.
‘It is full of scholar’s wit, with graceful drawings
entirely suited to the text, and will be appreciated by discriminating children
of all ages.’ Sunday Times
Seventh Impression
Dedica
Il volume
è dedicato al colonnello C. H. Wilkinson il quale secondo Tolkien fu il
sostenitore del romanzo. Infatti prima della prefazione è stata disegnata la
spada Mordicoda; poiché la ditta Wilkinson Sword produce dal 1772 spade per la
casa reale.
Errori
In quarta
di copertina si presentano alcuni giudizi sulle opere edite di Tolkien, ebbene
il Signore degli Anelli perde un S finale e diventa The Lord of the Ring!
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J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
‘An exciting epic of travel, magical adventure and,
working up to devastating climax, war.’ – Observer
‘This is a solidly delightful book.’ – Times
‘One long enchantment, an ingenious story that will
delight any child. Crammed with episodes that will obliterate need for meals
and bed.’ – Times Literary Supplement
The Lord of the Ring
The Felloswship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
‘This book is like lightning from a clear sky.’ C.S.
Lewis
‘A work of art.’ Howard Spring
‘For width of imagination it almost beggars parallel.’
Richard Hughes
‘Better than your wildest dreams.’ W.H. Auden
‘Prose of majestic and delicate beauty.’ – Truth
Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
‘Something close to genius … To those already
hobbitomanes, this book is bound to be a delight.’ – The Listener
Tree and Leaf
‘A striking essay.’ – New Statesman
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