The Book of Wonder and the Last Book of Wonder - Books That Inspired Tolkien: With Original Illustrations: 8 (Professor's Bookshelf)

Print quality not great and the quality of the printed illustrations by Sidney Sime... which is what I bought it for, was unsatisfactory

This really is an old fashion fairy tale book; the kind I used to read over 60 years ago. For myself, it is a book into my past as the style is quaint. I saw the inspiration for not only Tolkein but for all modern day fantasy writers. Of course, these stories had roots in much more ancient stories. Although the styles have changed throughout the years, the love of magic, the super real and the imagination remain alive as ever connecting the past with the future.

A great book of fantasy stories and a classic of literature.

Everything as advertised