{"product_id":"farmer-giles-of-ham-4","title":"Farmer Giles of Ham","description":"\u003cp\u003e6W J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated by Pauline Diana Baynes. London: George Allen \u0026amp; Unwin. Eleventh impression, 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a mythical, pre-Arthurian Britain known as the Little Kingdom, the comedic narrative follows Giles, a completely unheroic, pragmatic farmer who accidentally becomes a local hero after scaring off a blundering giant with a blunderbuss. His unearned reputation forces him into a much more dangerous confrontation with Chrysophylax Dives, a cunning, wealthy dragon who has been terrorizing the countryside. Armed only with the ancient, magical dragon-biting sword \u003cem data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eCaudimordax\u003c\/em\u003e (Tailbiter)—a gift from the King—and accompanied by his unhelpful, hyper-literal talking dog Garm, Giles uses sheer rural common sense and shrewd bargaining rather than chivalric bravery to outwit both the dragon and his own corrupt monarch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeach cloth binding with navy dragon illustration to cover and lettering to spine. Original jacket. Fine later printing. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56594222252198,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/farmer-giles-of-ham-4","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}