TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (1892-1973). Farmer Giles of Ham. London: George Allen and Unwin Limited, 1949. 8vo. 79, [1, colophon] pp. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Publisher's orange illustrated cloth in original price-clipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION OF TOLKIEN'S EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOK. Originally written in 1937, this light-hearted episodic children's story was not published until 1949 and later collected into several Tolkien compendiums. Like many of Tolkien's works, it was written for his children, featuring dragons, knights, and numerous "medieval" illustrations from Pauline Baynes. 

Jacket soiled and toned, marginal chipping and edge wear, few tape repairs to reverse, rubbed, price-clipped. Inscription in ink to front flylear recto. Else near fine.