Editing Farmer Giles of Ham (section)

== Publication history ==

''Farmer Giles of Ham'' was originally illustrated by [[Pauline Baynes]]. The story has appeared with other works by Tolkien in omnibus editions, including ''[[The Tolkien Reader]]''<ref>{{cite book |last=Tolkien |first=J. R. R. |author-link=J. R. R. Tolkien |title=The Tolkien Reader |date=1966 |publisher=Ballantine |isbn=978-0-3452-4831-2 |oclc=26059501}}</ref> and ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tolkien |first=J. R. R. |author-link=J. R. R. Tolkien |title=Tales from the Perilous Realm |date=2021 |publisher=[[Mariner Books]] |isbn=978-0-3586-5296-0}}</ref>

Tolkien dedicated ''Farmer Giles of Ham'' to Cyril Hackett Wilkinson (1888–1960), a don (lecturer) he knew at [[Oxford University]]; Wilkinson had encouraged Tolkien to go ahead with writing the story for the Lovelace Society at [[Worcester College, Oxford|Worcester College]].{{sfn|Hammond|Scull|2006b|p=1102}}<ref>{{harvnb|Carpenter|2023|loc=Letter 108 to Allen & Unwin, 5 July 1947 }}</ref>