First edition. Octavo. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered gilt, in the original printed dustwrapper.
 
A very good copy, spine a little faded, in a very good dustwrapper, bright to the upepr cover, slightly faded of spine, with a couple of short closed tears to the edges, and a little abrasion to the publisher’s name on the spine. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper.
 
Contains Tolkien’s lecture ‘On Fairy Stories’ and his story “Leaf By Niggle”.