A beautiful book containing as complete a collection of Tolkien’s own sketches and illustrations for ‘The Hobbit’ as you’re ever likely to get. I was lucky enough to have already seen quite a few of Tolkien’s own remarkable pictures at an National Book League exhibition in 1977.
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The Art of The Hobbit
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Sauron Defeated (1st edition)
Volume 9 of the 12-part ‘History of Middle-earth” series. Early writings of J.R.R.Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. First edition.
I decided to buy another copy of a first edition Sauron Defeated because my original copy has some fading on the dust-jacket spine. From my eBay research it looks as though a lot of these have faded spines. Must be something to do with the colour I guess.
But this copy is really very nice indeed.
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The History of Middle-earth Index
Finally! The index to the History of Middle-earth Series in the same format as the original first editions.
Previously this book was only available in a paperback edition from 2002, but this (new) edition was released in 2010 (publication date given as 4th March) as part of the Tolkien Bookshop ‘Print on Demand’ service.
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Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards
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‘Exploring the wonders and worlds of J.R.R.Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings’.
I have a confession.
I bought this cheap in a second-hand bookshop and I don’t think I’ve opened it since.
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The Lord of the Rings (Folio Society 1979)
Beautiful quarter-bound set from the Folio Society. I waited the best part of thirty years to finally get my hands on this set - consequently of great sentimental value.
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
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A two volume companion - ‘Chronology’ deals with Tolkien’s life and ‘Reader’s Guide’ deals with Tolkien’s works.
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The Lord of the Rings : A Reader’s Companion
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A superb in depth companion to The Lord of the Rings - I think this was originally intended to be published as an ‘annotated’ Lord of the Rings with all the entries as footnotes to the published text, but it ended up as a stand alone book. And a very fine one at that.
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The Hobbit (2nd Edition 1955)
Second edition copy from 1955 with unclipped dustjacket.
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Poems and Stories (Deluxe edition 1980)
Deluxe edition comprising ‘The Adventures of Tom Bombadil’, ‘The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son’, ‘On Fairy Stories’, ‘Leaf by Niggle’, ‘Farmer Giles of Ham’, ‘Smith of Wootton Major’. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
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The Hobbit (1961 Puffin edition)
The first paperback edition of ‘The Hobbit’ published in 1961 by Puffin, featuring a great cover illustration of the Mountain Path by Pauline Baynes.
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