J.R.R. Tolkien: Smith of Wootton Major (Uncorrected Proof with Illustrations by Pauline Baynes)

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975

A proof copy in plain orange wrappers, with the publisher’s proof stamp on the front giving the published price of £1.95 and a July publication date. The copyright page explicitly states “Second Edition 1975”, following seven impressions of the original edition. This is therefore a proof for the second edition, not the second printing.

The illustrated text is printed in Great Britain in 14-point Bembo by W. & J. Mackay Limited, Chatham. The copyright page gives ISBN 0 04 823121 5. Pauline Baynes’s line drawings accompany Tolkien’s tale of a village smith’s journeys into Faërie.

The orange wrappers show light handling wear, small surface marks and minor edge and corner wear. The publication stamp is faded in places. The photographed interior pages appear clean with slight age-toning; completeness has not been established by a full physical collation.

An orange-wrapper proof documenting the second edition of Tolkien’s late fairy-tale, with Pauline Baynes’s illustrations.

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