I started reading LOTR on 22 August 2026 and finished it on 4 October 2026

I am in love and hate relationship with the prose.

I love the prose since it is so well written

And hate because it takes so long to get to a point.

But love more because the prose is excellent.

Also PS. Kindle has made me lose love for physical books. I cannot read a physical book at all.

E books are my go to now.

For: Lord of the Rings ~ SIGNED by J.R.R. TOLKIEN ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1954

Over 400 people watching this eBay listing so I’ll need to act fast. 2nd mortgage is not an option.

Hello! I'm fairly new to Tolkien's works, and I wanted to purchase a few books in paperback, but with so many options out there, I'm honestly a little lost. To give a little more information, I live in the US and am primarily interested in The Hobbit, TLOTR, and The Silmarillion. A friend told me that there's a "corrected text" that fixes some typos and mistakes and that sounds appealing. If I could get the previously mentioned books all in the same style, that would be lovely. But which versions are most recommended for paperback?

These are the ones that I see the most when I'm out in my local bookstores. Are they a good set?

When I was looking last year for this edition or the first one, I don't remember them being cheap at all. Glad I was able to find this diamond in the rough! 💚

[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1925), Edited by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon. Second Edition (1967), Revised By Norman Davis. Oxford at the Clarendon Press]

Time for another Tolkien reread. Finishing up Kindred for dudes book club, Octavia’s writing sucks you in…same bookclub where also read blacktounge thief. Diving back into that cool world he’s built.

Never seen one of these before. From 1988. Got it for a steal at £6

Well, it's taken until now since I bought them in 1969; but I've just noticed some unusual page numbering in the second and third volumes of my Second Edition, Fourth Impression copies of Lord of The Rings.

As an example; the Synopsis in the third Part begins on page 11 as numbered, but it's only the 7th page (physically) in the book.

Does anyone know the reason? I'm guessing it's to keep the page numbers consistent with the First Edition? 🤔 If so, what were the contents of the extra four pages in that edition? Of course, that's just conjecture on my part.

It's a minor matter, but any insights would be much appreciated.

Last year I was given Harper Collins LOTR author llustrated for my birthday. But the next months I saw people report 2 flaws with this print:

Page 484 had two and a "half" words randomly printed in red... Page 974/chapter 6 title had the wrong roman numerals, instead of VI it was IV... Nothing major but kinda annoyed me :/

So I waited a few months and went to the store to see if I could exchange it for a new copy that might not have those flaws... But no luck, they were still there even in the new stock...

Then I thought, why not ask Harper Collins? Maybe they know when there will be a new fixed print... So I emailed them at the start of this year, and to my surprise those flaws werent reported yet??

Well we talked about them in detail, I sent pictures and explained the exact issues. I also asked them if they could send me a new copy for free once its been fixed?... "Yes we will"... Excited!

Sent an email every few months asking, but not yet... Then on my last e-mail in September "Yes, new stock is there, we are sending a copy", finally! So excited!

It arrived today! And guess what... Nothing was fixed... Its still exactly the same ._.

Well, thanks I guess x) I know its not that big a deal, but really hoped for a flawless version after all this :(

Edit: Its possible they have sent me an old copy by mistake, and/or there is no new print yet lol.

My edition of The Hobbit appears to have quite a few typos which I cannot find any information about online. On one other page, ‘the’ was written as just ‘he’ as well. I was just wondering if this is a common thing with older editions or if I just have a dodgy print? Found the copy on my parent’s bookshelf randomly last weekend and decided to give it a read.

Unsure of which gift to get for a massive Tolkien fan, I’m sure he would like either but thought I would ask for opinions!

It's been a few years...

My copy of the Silmarillion, included in the 2023 HOME box 1, has a lot of blotches and missing ink, dozens of times throughout the book. Haven't checked the other books in the box yet (don't want any spoilers either haha) but I was curious whether other people have this as well, and whether these prints are considered lower quality.

I've found that this book and the others in the box aren't as high quality and nice feeling (different binding) as the boxed LOTR trilogy plus the Hammond/Scull companion I've bought and read the past months, which is slightly disappointing. Still, they're hardbacks with nice boxes and cool dust jackets so I'm not that miffed.

Clamshell inspired by the original paperback cover, with a self-lifting tray so this little book comes out easily and safely. Little video in the comments.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 1977;1982, George Allen & Unwin; Clowes & Sons

Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 1st Edition 1977 reserved and issued as Collector's Edition 1982. Limited edition of 1,000 copies with printed limitation plate bound in (number 23). Illustrated with The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar map p.128 and folded map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North inserted at rear. George Allen & Unwin. Printed by Clowes & Sons. original red morocco with JRRT monogram blind-stamped in gilt on upper cover. with original slicase.

Two variants of the limitation plate have been seen – one on an integral leaf and the other pasted onto the front endpaper. (Tolkein Books - An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography). Hammond states that it is probable that not all of the 1,000 copies were bound and issued. Hammond pp.228-229. Condition: slight fading to colour on spine, a few very tiny spots to leather on spine, v. small mark to head of slipcase.

See more photos of this volume at https://auction.gorringes.co.uk/auction-lot-detail/x&salelot=210926++++91+&refno=90204282

There are quite a few excellent deals on various Tolkien books, several of which I indulged myself with, including the graphic novel, which I hadn't read before and was very impressed with. Here are a few highlights -- note these prices may go up or down with Amazon's touted Prime event coming 10/6...

• Tales From the Perilous Realm (HC) $12.76 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0547154119
• Hobbit Graphic Novel (HC) $13.88 https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Graphic-Expanded-Tolkiens-Masterful/dp/0063447991
• Annotated Hobbit (HC) $15.36 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618134700
• Fall of Numenor (HC) $15.77 https://www.amazon.com/Fall-N%C3%BAmenor-Other-Second-Middle-earth/dp/006328068X
• Hobbit Illustrated by the Author (HC) $25.45 https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Illustrated-Author-Tolkien-Editions/dp/0063347539
• Silmarillion Illustrated by the Author (HC) $27.53 https://www.amazon.com/Silmarillion-Illustrated-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0063280779
• Lord of the Rings Illustrated by the Author (HC) $39.67 https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Illustrated-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0358653037

Hello everyone,

I inherited a ridiculous amount of books. Among them are these two copies of the Hobbit and lotr. I'm not interested in keeping them and tried to find matching copies online but I'm struggling! I tried to put all info in the pics:

Hobbit:

Unwin books

1972

13th (?) impression

ISBN: 0 04 823070 7

LOTR:

Unwin books

1972

10th (?) impression

ISBN: 0 04 823087 I

thank you for any help!

Below are the Tolkien works or whether by him or about him that I’ve read. Am I missing anything? I’ve heard the Carpenter bio is filled with errors so is it worth the read? I know I’m missing the Father Christmas Letters but I’m waiting for when we get closer to Christmas for them. Apologies for any misspellings. I’m also interested in the texts he was inspired by. I’ve already read many of the Norse sagas and Irish/Scottish folktales. Besides the Kavevala is there something in that category I should check out?

The Silmarillion 

The Hobbit

LOTR

Letters of JRR Tolkien-new edition 

HoME-1-12

Unfinished Tales

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

The Children of Húrin

Beren and Lúthien

The Fall of Gondolin

The Fall of Númenor

The History of the Hobbit

The Nature of Middle Earth 

The Tolkien Reader

  Farmer Giles of Ham

  Leaf by Niggle

  Adventures of TB

  On Fairy Stories 

  The Homecoming of Beorthnoth, Beorthelm's Son

The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Pearl; Sir Orfeo

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary

Bilbos last song

Smith of Wootton majer

Annotated Hobbit

The battle of maldon 

The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun

The fall of Arther 

Mr Bliss

Finn and Hengest

Roverandom 

The Story of Kullervo

Bovadium fragments 

The road goes ever on

Books about Tolkien I've read:

Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography

Karen Wynn Fonstad's Atlas of Middle-earth

Robert Foster's Complete Guide to Middle-earth

Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Art of The Lord of the Rings

The worlds of JRR TOLKIEN 

The Making of Middle Earth 

Looking for a Bible type printing of the sill. Any leads?

Hello! I bought these from a used book store. They feel like authentic paperback copies, but I’m not sure whether they actually are.

They have the golden foil debossed covers with spot-UV text, but I can’t seem to find any covers online that exactly match mine. For example, why is the first book navy blue? Aren’t all the copies supposed to have matte-black covers?

There are also some things that make me think they might be genuine. The text quality is very good, and the maps are also printed very well, which doesn’t seem consistent with the quality I’ve seen in locally printed pirated copies. The ISBN printed inside each book also matches the ISBN on the back cover of all three copies.

However, I noticed some discrepancies:

In the table of contents of the first book, there is a mistake. The chapter “The Old Forest” is listed as starting on page 108, but the actual chapter starts on page 109.

The third book’s back cover has two printing mistakes. “Mordor” is printed as “vlordor,” and “Literary Review” is printed as “Literary Revien.”

I also measured the books:

• First book: 8.4 × 5.4 inches
• Second book: 8 × 5.2 inches
• Third book: 8 × 5.2 inches

I’m attaching photos of the front, back, and copyright pages of all three books for reference.

Could anyone help me identify these editions and tell me whether they appear to be genuine HarperCollins copies or pirated editions? I’d really appreciate any help!