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== From the publisher ==
== From the publisher ==
The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax; Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree in Leaf by Niggle; hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake.
The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax; Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree in Leaf by Niggle; hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake.
==Editions==
[[Harpercollins]] First edition,[[1997]] ([[3 February]]),ISBN: 9780261103429
[[Harpercollins]] First Paperback edition,[[1998]]([[3 August]]),ISBN:ISBN:9780261103436
[[Harpercollins]] Second edition, [[2008]] ([[1 October]]),ISBN:9780007257546
[[Harpercollins]] De Luxe edition [[2008]]  ([[17 November]])ISBN: 9780007237159
[[Harpercollins]] Paperback edition [[2002]] ([[1 December]])ISBN: 9780007149124
[[Harpercollins]] Paperback edition [[2009]],([[02 April]])  ISBN: 9780007280599


==2008 edition==
==2008 edition==

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Tales from the Perilous Realm
File:Tales from the Perilous Realm 2008 cover.jpg
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien
PublisherHarperCollins
ReleasedJanuary 1997
FormatHardback in dustwrapper
Pages178
ISBN0261103423

Tales from the Perilous Realm, first published in 1997, is a compilation of several short stories and poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, which had been previously published separately or in other compilations:

From the publisher

The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax; Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree in Leaf by Niggle; hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake.

Editions

Harpercollins First edition,1997 (3 February),ISBN: 9780261103429


Harpercollins First Paperback edition,1998(3 August),ISBN:ISBN:9780261103436


Harpercollins Second edition, 2008 (1 October),ISBN:9780007257546


Harpercollins De Luxe edition 2008 (17 November)ISBN: 9780007237159


Harpercollins Paperback edition 2002 (1 December)ISBN: 9780007149124


Harpercollins Paperback edition 2009,(02 April) ISBN: 9780007280599



2008 edition

A new edition was published in September 2008, followed by the full-cast dramatization in October. Tales from the Perilous Realm was 2008's "flagship book"; Roverandom was added to the compilation.[1]

Tales from the Perilous Realm
Farmer Giles of Ham · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil · Leaf by Niggle · Smith of Wootton Major
Roverandom (since 2008) · On Fairy-Stories (since 2008)