George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1972, first edition, 6th impression. Ex-library, with stamps inside front and back covers, foxing to page edges and endpapers, old 'bleed through' tape marks from previous covering to front and back cover and spine, minor wear along top edge of dustjacket.

Tolkien?s own Hobbit-inspired poetry is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes.

?Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people ? a selection [of verses] offered as an ?interim report? to those interested in Hobbit-lore, and to any others who may find amusement in this mixed bag of old confections.?