Tales from the Perilous Realm, cover of the 2008 edition.
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Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Illustrator | Alan Lee |
Cover artist | Alan Lee |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, Compilation |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
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1997, 2008 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 403 pp (1st edition); 432 pp (2nd edition) |
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OCLC | 122282742 |
Tales from the Perilous Realm is a compilation of some of the lesser-known writings of J. R. R. Tolkien published in 1997 by HarperCollins without illustrations. An enlarged edition was released in 2008 with illustrations by Alan Lee.
The 2008 edition includes:
The 1997 edition does not include "Roverandom" (which was first published in 1998) or the essay "On Fairy-Stories". It is also missing commentary by Thomas Shippey and the Alan Lee illustrations.
Both of the earlier collections use the original illustrations by Pauline Baynes.