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J. R. R. Tolkien | First Editions
1892 - 1973
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, is best remembered for the creation of 'Middle Earth' and the series of legends and adventures set within, beginning with the acclaimed children's tale The Hobbit (1936) and continuing through the epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) and the posthumously published mythopoeic volume The Silmarilion (1977).
His debut novel The Hobbit is a much-loved masterpiece, and seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as this classic story; its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad... Tolkien's 'Middle-Earth' is a vast mine of treasures and knowledge, its roots delving deep into folklore, mythology and language, and The Hobbit is an ideal introduction to this richly imagined world, which was more fully and complexly realised in 'The Rings' series. This fantastical trilogy, comprising The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers and The Return of the King is regarded as one of the greatest works of the twentieth century, containing amazing details of a new mythology, never really surpassed. It is the basis for the hugely successful film series directed by Peter Jackson, 'The Return' [2003] winning a record 11 Oscars from 11 nominations.
See below our stock of J. R. R. Tolkien First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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Smith of Wootton Major. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1967. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Duodecimo (14 x 10cm), pp.64. Publisher's pictorial boards, issued without dust-jacket. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf, otherwise internally clean. Usual moderate wear to spine and extremities. Very good. What began as a preface to 'The Golden Key'..... More
Roverandom.
Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. [Children's illustrated] FIRST US EDITION, UK sheets, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxii; 106. With five colour plates, illustrated by Tolkien. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at $17 to front flap. Internally bright and clean..... More
The Return of the Shadow: The History of the The Lord of the Rings, Part One. The History of Middle-Earth volume 6.
London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. [Lord of the Rings] First Edition, reprint. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 497 [3]. With a colour illustrated frontispiece, and six further black and white illustrations. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black typographic dust-jacket, priced at £17.95. A lovely crisp, clean..... More
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1970. [Fantasy Adventure] THIRD EDITION, fifth impression thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.317 [3]. With illustrations by the author, including colour plate as frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth blocked in dark blue, with illustrated maps to endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 25s. Internally crisp..... More
The Lord of the Rings. Being: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1969. [Fantasy Classic] SECOND EDITION, each the fourth impression. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (23 x 14 x 10cm), pp.[4] 423 [1]; pp.352; pp.416. With a folding map at the rear of each volume. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines and top edges..... More
The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954 and 1955. [Fantasy Classic] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, the second, first and first impressions of the First Edition, respectively. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (23 x 15 x 11cm), pp.[2] 423 [3]; pp.[2] 352 [2]; pp.[2] 416 [2]. With maps at the rear of..... More
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The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; [and] The Return of the King.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1968. [Classic Fantasy] FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.1077 [3]. With maps. Finely hand-bound in full scarlet morocco by Conway, pictorially blocked in gilt with 'Tree of Gondor' designed by Tolkien, lettered in gilt to spine, with hand-sewn leather endbands, all..... More
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, First Alan Lee Illustrated Edition. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xii; 289. With 26 full-page coloured illustrations and numerous in-text drawings. Number 574 of just 600 copies SIGNED by the artist in black ink to the limitation page. Publisher's burgundy quarto morocco..... More
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1975. [Middle English Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.149 [3]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine; top edge green. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at £3.95. Gently toned, with some spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Jacket toned..... More
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