First edition, first impression. 106pp with occasional illustrations. In blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Coloured endpapers. 8vo. Crisp, fresh and bright throughout. In its original illustrated dust wrapper, very slightly bumped at spine head. Dust jacket now in a protective Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or glue.
Drawn from the darker side of Tolkien's imagination and set during the age of chivalry in Britain's land beyond the seas, this is the tale of a childless Breton Lord and his Lady when tragedy follows when the accept the help of Aotrou and a magical potion from a malevolent fairy.
