J.R.R. Tolkien - Boer Gilles van Ham

J.R.R. Tolkien - Boer Gilles van Ham - Utrecht / Antwerpen - Uitgeverij Het Spectrum - 1977 - 2nd [= 1st] edition - [84] pp - Hardcover - 13,5 x 21,5 cm.

Condition: Good.

Dutch translation (by W. Wielek-Berg) of Farmer Giles of Ham (1949); a fairy tale by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), author of The Hobbit. Illustrated with black and white drawings by the Dutch artist Walt de Rijk (1939-) who also did the cover art.

¶ Previously published in the pocketbook Sprookjes van Tolkien (1971). This is the first (hardback) edition as a separate publication. cf. Hammond p. 391 (English; 9). First edition in a single volume of this translation.