Tales From The Perilous Realm
This 2008 reprint:
- includes a new Introduction by Tom Shippey;
- omits Tolkien's Latin title page;
- has new illustrations by Alan Lee, who draws Garm (talking dog) as a Mastiff instead of a Greyhound (as Pauline Baynes had).
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