35 52TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Poems and Stories. London, 1980. Octavo, original black cloth, glassine, box. $1200 Deluxe first collected edition, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes. This volume collects together for the first time the poems “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil” and “The Homecoming of Beorthnoth Beorthelm’s Son,” the essay “On Fairy Stories,” and the tales “Leaf by Niggle,” “Farmer Giles of Ham” and “Smith of Wootton Major,” all previously published. Hammond & Anderson A16. Fine condition. “Don’t Panic!” 51ADAMS, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. New York, 1980-92. Octavo, original half cloth or full paper, dust jackets. $3950 First American editions, first printings of all five books in Adams’ pan-galactically popular “trilogy in five parts,” the last two volumes signed by the author. The cult classic Hitchhiker’s story began life as a 1978 BBC radio serial. “The series was an overnight success and rescued Adams from the life of a struggling comedy sketch writer. It spawned a television show, five books and other spinoffs,” including a major motion picture in 2005 (The Guardian). “Adams’ work is now enshrined as part of the global cultural zeitgeist” (Simpson, 351). First published in London from 1979-1992. Books fine; dust jackets all nearfine, first two with minor toning, third with small spots of expert and nearly undetectable restoration, fourth with tiny chip at head. “Faërie Is A Perilous Land, And In It Are Pitfalls For The Unwary And Dungeons For The Overbold”
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