Which Tolkien book was published in 1962 as a collection of poems about Tom Bombadil?

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was published in 1962 as a collection of poems by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The book contains sixteen poems, although only two directly concern Tom Bombadil. Other poems explore creatures, legends, places, and voices connected with Tolkien’s wider imaginative world. The collection therefore expands a character from The Lord of the Rings while also presenting poems that imitate different traditions and literary forms.

Tom Bombadil appears in The Fellowship of the Ring as an enigmatic figure living near the Old Forest. Tolkien had written poems about him before the novel was published, and the 1962 collection gathered those poems with additional material. The book was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, whose artwork also appeared in other Tolkien-related publications.

Unfinished Tales and The Book of Lost Tales are posthumously edited works associated with Tolkien’s mythology, not the 1962 Bombadil poetry collection. The Road Goes Ever On is a different song and poetry volume produced with Donald Swann.