Does anyone know if the illustrated deluxe editions of Unfinished Tales and The Complete Guide to Middle-earth got reprinted after their initial print runs? (Much like how The Silmarillion did).
I wanna buy all the books without HoME because as I've heard those are more like a literature work.
I've hard The Fall of Numenor new book doesn't add new content and I just wanna get every content without buying books that don't add any new.
If I buy LOTR, Hobbit, Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth, Tales from the Perilous Realm and The Great Tales of Middle Earth (Beren and Luthien, The Children of Hurin & The Fall of Gondolin) are these all his stories or I need something more?
Obviously in rough shape but the complete absence of any copyright or printing information has me puzzled. Book club edition? Can't be earlier than mid-60s given the reference to original published 25 years ago. But would still like to know more.
Thanks in advance!
* Illustrated by the Author Deluxe Editions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/28789UMQM581O?ref\_=wl\_share
* illustrated by the author (standard) / Special Editions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/FA9V547WXWOR?ref\_=wl\_share
* Collector’s Editions (unjacketed) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/QMS4CAS5PS5N?ref\_=wl\_share
* Signature Paperbacks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/8J9AAU6KRBHP?ref\_=wl\_share
* Deluxe Editions (classic style) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1DR94U983PJDG?ref\_=wl\_share
* current hardback collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2MBAYKELMBFY9?ref\_=wl\_share
* Illustrated Deluxe Editions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1VN6COUMF1HQM?ref\_=wl\_share
* ‘odds ‘n’ sodds: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/23WN7Q47DKJCI?ref\_=wl\_share
Hope that helps!
There’s no ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’ edition, really…..it comes down to ‘what’s right for you???’
These have been shipping since Saturday, but got mine today. I really like the covers... new ones for Kullervo and Aotrou and Itroun.
The books are really skinny in comparison to the previous editions of Kullervo, Aotrou and Itroun and Maldon.
I've pre-ordered these books back in December, so I had to wait almost half a year for them, but it was so worth it. The entire first printing was sold out during pre-orders, so now people have to pre-order the second printing.
Continuing my earlier post, I've also included the photos of all Ukrainian Tolkien books (at least their latest editions):
All Ukrainian Tolkien books are translated and published by Astrolabe Publishing.
Hey all, I'm very new in the world of Tolkien and i'm looking to buy the complete series of middle-earth books that were illustrated by Alan Lee and published by Harper Collins. I'm struggling to find a complete list of the books or box sets anywhere online, and its a bit confusing to even know how many there are.
Can someone help out with a complete list?
J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954-1955. 3 volumes, 8vo. In-text illustration by Tolkien in Fellowship ("The Doors of Durin"); folding map by the author's son, Christopher Tolkien, tipped-in at rear of each volume.
Publisher's red cloth, spines stamped in gilt, top edges red; original pictorial dust jackets. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
The Fellowship of the Ring, first edition, first impression, with signature mark "4" on p. 49, first state dust jacket;
The Two Towers, first edition, first impression, with signature mark "4" on page 49, first state dust jacket;
The Return of the King, first edition, first impression, p. 49 variant 3 with sagging text and signature mark "4" present, p. 281 variant 2 with the gap in "Men" closed, first state dust jacket.
EACH IN AN UNRESTORED FIRST STATE DUST JACKET. Overall, an attractive set.
References: Hammond & Anderson A5a.i, ii, and iii.
Provenance: From the collection of David Aronovitz.
Descriptive comments from the Heritage catalog notes
J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1937]. 8vo. Frontispiece and eight text illustrations by the author, inserted half-tone plate by the author, integral advertisement leaf at end. Publisher's green cloth decoratively stamped in blue, off-white endpapers printed with Thror's map and a map of Wilderland after drawings by the author, top edge stained green; original pictorial dust jacket after drawing by the author, with "Dodgeson" corrected by hand on rear flap.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Only 1,500 copies of the first impression of this, one of the cornerstones of fantasy literature, were printed. It was Tolkien's third published book, preceded only by two academic texts. IN A BRIGHT AND UNRESTORED DUST JACKET hand corrected on the rear flap.
In a letter to poet W. H. Auden in 1955, Tolkien recalls the beginning of this now-essential fantasy tale. He wrote, "All I remember about the start of The Hobbit is sitting correcting School Certificate papers in the everlasting weariness of that annual task forced on impecunious academics with children. On a blank leaf I scrawled: ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.' I did not and do not know why..."
Tolkien's fantasy epic, published nearly seventeen years before his Lord of the Rings trilogy, invites the reader, "if you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is the record of such a journey and such a traveller..."
Condition: Spine just leaned; pale toning to endleaves. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "7s. 6d. net"); spine toned; light edgewear, a few minor chips at spine panel head and folds. A beautiful example of this fragile dust jacket.
References: Currey, p. 476; Hammond & Anderson A3a; The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Selected and Edited by Humphrey Carpenter, with the Assistance of Christopher Tolkien, letter 163. Provenance: From the collection of David Aronovitz.
redwizard posted this but seems to have got lost among all the replies on the other post.
anyway if they are counting on people still collecting the author editions I would think unfinished tales would be next.
not for me though. I don’t like the style at all.
What is The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien about?
A special edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth collected in one volume, illustrated by Alan Lee.
Guided by the Dark Lord Sauron, the Elves of Eregion forge the Rings of Power. Yet in secret he has begun building the Barad-dûr in Mordor, and here, in the fires of Mount Doom, he makes the One Ring. Seeking to rule Middle-earth, Sauron begins to wage terrible war upon them.
On the island-kingdom of Númenor, the Men of the West become mighty, building great ships to increase their influence throughout Middle-earth. But as their power grows, the seed of their downfall is sown. Only by uniting in alliance with the Elves can they hope to overcome Sauron.
Adhering to ‘The Tale of Years’ timeline in The Lord of the Rings, Brian Sibley assembles a new chronicle of Middle-earth, a tragic tale of pride, envy and downfall told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts originally edited by Christopher Tolkien, and illustrated with pencil drawings by Alan Lee.
Complementary in style to the series of special edition hardbacks illustrated by the author, this gorgeous edition features sprayed edges and includes a removable art card and foldout map.
A friend gifted me these books (even though I already have my set) just because she wanted to.
It’s a classic pocket edition from Minotauro in Spanish.
I was looking through these edition and the spine caught my attention since it said the same thing and without emphasizing which book was it.
I searched and it is actually an error (I think).
I attached the images and the one from Google that has the correct spine.
Anyone knows about this issue?
What and where are the best places to buy Tolkien books, Im only using Amazon at the moment
Mes livres ont enfin la place qu'ils méritent !!!
Une top bibliothèque pour mettre en valeur ma collection liée à l'univers Seigneur des Anneaux et Tolkien en général 😍🤩😍🤩🤩😍
Avec les petites led ça en jète ! Quoiqu'en rouge ça fait vraiment version Mordor 😂
Maintenant y'a plus qu'à la remplir avec toujours plus de livres 🥰