A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings.

What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by Tolkien to suggest an early work by P.G. Wodehouse. Composed almost a decade after The Lord of the Rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the 'Silmarillion' was winding down, Smith of Wootton Major was the product of ripened experience and reflection. It was published in 1967 as a small hardback, complete with charming black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes, and would be the last work of fiction to be published in Tolkien's own lifetime.

Now, almost 50 years on, this enchanting tale of a wanderer who finds his way into the perilous realm of Faery is being published once again as a pocket hardback. Contained here are many intriguing links to the world of Middle-earth, as well as to Tolkien's other tales, and this new edition is enhanced with a facsimile of the illustrated first edition, a manuscript of Tolkien's early draft of the story, notes and an alternate ending, and a lengthy essay on the nature of Faery.

J.R.R. Tolkien's book 'The Fall of Númenor' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2022-11-07.

• We started tracking this book on September 30, 2014.
• This book was £6.69 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 41 times in the past 3,819 days.
• The current price of this book is £6.49 last checked 54 minutes ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past six months is £5.99.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £4.99.
• The lowest price to date was £2.99 last reached on October 5, 2017.
• This book has been £2.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £7.99 last reached on March 8, 2025.
• This book has been £7.99 4 times since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionContemporary FictionFantasy
• Literature & FictionMythology & Folk TalesFairy Tales
• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasyAnthologies & Short Stories

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 229 Pages
• File Size: 71 KB