The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
collection 1962 Middle-earth
Record
| First published | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780007557271 |
Synopsis
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book is a 1962 collection of sixteen poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Framed in its preface as translations from the in-world Red Book of Westmarch, it includes two poems about Tom Bombadil (known from The Lord of the Rings) alongside assorted bestiary and fairy-tale verse.
Where it sits
- Universe: Middle-earth
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Notes
- In-universe verse collection framed as poems from the Red Book of Westmarch; published in Tolkien's lifetime.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Middle-earth (standalone work): position 5 of 28: previous The Return of the King (1955) · next The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle (1967)
Sources
- https://www.tolkiensociety.org/discover/books-by-tolkien/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Bombadil
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