TOLKIEN, J. R. R. - Red Gil and His Dog. 1962 - First Polish Edition
TOLKIEN J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] - Red Gil and His Dog. Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilei mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or, in common parlance, The Rise and Marvelous Adventures of Redbeard D, the farmer from Ham, Lord of the Tamed Dragon, King of the Little Kingdom. Translated by Maria Skibniewska. Warsaw 1962. Iskry. 16d, p. 79, [3]. Original half-leather binding.
Minor scuffs and soiling on the cover; interior in very good condition. First Polish edition. Illustrated by Pauline Diane Baynes; cover and title page designed by Mieczysław Kowalczyk. A fantastic children’s story “published in 1949, telling the tale of the eponymous farmer Giles, who slays a dragon and becomes king of the Little Kingdom” (Wikipedia). The original was published under the title “Farmer Giles of Ham.”
TOLKIEN J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] - Red Gil and His Dog. Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo Domini de Domito Aule Draconarie Comitis Regni Minimi Regis et Basilei mira facinora et mirabilis exortus, or, in common parlance, The Rise and Marvelous Adventures of Redbeard D, the farmer from Ham, Lord of the Tamed Dragon, King of the Little Kingdom. Translated by Maria Skibniewska. Warsaw 1962. Iskry. 16d, p. 79, [3]. Original half-leather binding.
Minor scuffs and soiling on the cover; interior in very good condition. First Polish edition. Illustrated by Pauline Diane Baynes; cover and title page designed by Mieczysław Kowalczyk. A fantastic children’s story “published in 1949, telling the tale of the eponymous farmer Giles, who slays a dragon and becomes king of the Little Kingdom” (Wikipedia). The original was published under the title “Farmer Giles of Ham.”
