Smith of Wootton Major
Smith of Wootton Major is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien, first published by George Allen & Unwin in London on 9 November 1967 with illustrations by Pauline Baynes. A boy swallows a star baked into a festival cake and gains passage into Faery. Houghton Mifflin issued the US edition the same year.
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- First edition
- George Allen & Unwin, 1967
- First published
- George Allen & Unwin, London, 1967
The first edition of Smith of Wootton Major by J. R. R. Tolkien was published in London by George Allen & Unwin in 1967. We track 1 edition.
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- Comes after
- The Road Goes Ever On
- Followed by
- Bilbo's Last Song
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- Editions recorded
- 27 on Open Library, 15 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 24 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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- Tolkien On Fairy-stories1947 · 2 editions
- Farmer Giles of Ham1949 · 1 edition
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Who published the first edition of Smith of Wootton Major?
The first edition of Smith of Wootton Major by J. R. R. Tolkien was published in London by George Allen & Unwin in 1967.
How many editions of Smith of Wootton Major are there?
We track 1 edition of Smith of Wootton Major, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
What should I read after Smith of Wootton Major?
In order, it follows The Road Goes Ever On and it is followed by Bilbo's Last Song, according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- Smith of Wootton Major, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Smith of Wootton Major. First Edition (1967), Ulysses Rare Books (rarebooks.ie)
- Smith of Wootton Major (Q478250), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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