Found

    They were hiding behind other books. And yes I do have editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy there are so many of those in various clothing, even a Folio Society edition . . . And a correction on the sizes: The Hobbit and Tree and Leaf are Crown octavo; and Smith of Wootton Major is Small Foolscap octavo . . . not that anyone is the least bit interested in old book sizes, are you?


    And just as a bonus for the musically inclined: Donald Swann set many of the songs in the books to music. The foreword by Mr. Swann begins: I was playing over the songs in this book to Dick Plotz, the President of the Tolkien Society of America, and he said, "It must be hard to write new tunes for these poems when there are already existing ones." I was nonplussed by this for a moment, and there was a short silence. "Where?" I said. "In Middle-earth," he replied.

From the bookshelves 13, 14

    George Allen and Unwin Ltd published J. R. R. Tolkien in the United Kingdom. Pauline Diana Baynes, the well known book illustrator died in August last year. Farmer Giles of Ham: the Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom published 1949; this is an eighth impression copy from 1971. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was first published in 1961; this is a sixth impression copy from 1972. Finding these sent me looking for Smith of Wootton Major, I know I have a small 12mo edition somewhere, and Tree and Leaf, an essay.