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Boards in slip-case. Deluxe edition. Deluxe Edition stating "This de luxe slipcased edition published by HarperCollins Publishers 2008" on copyright page. Quarto, pp.432, fold-out colour frontispiece painting by award-winning artist Alan Lee, and more than fifty pencil drawings specially commissioned from Lee. Includes a specially written introduction by the acclaimed Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey. Quarter binding with three foil motif (red, gold, silver) to boards, gilt title to spine, in green slip case with gilt decoration with ribbon marker. Publisher's leaflet loosely inserted describing this edition (and showing the ISBN for this unsigned edition). Fine condition. This de luxe edition draws together for the first time Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wootton Major, and Leaf by Niggle, together with the landmark essay, 'On Fairy-stories'. Published for the first time in a single volume. With an exclusive fold-out colour frontispiece painting and illustrations by award-winning artist Alan Lee. Includes the Publisher's leaflet loosely inserted and a specially written introduction by the acclaimed Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey. [ISBN: 978-0-00-728618-8]. Illus. Alan Lee (illustratore).…