Recent Arrivals from The Tolkien Bookshelf

London: Folio Society, 1997. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Francis Mosley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by The Folio Society, London 1997, this copy is the 1st printing of 1997. Set in Fournier with Omnia display. Printed at The Bath Press, Bath on Caxton Wove paper and… Read more about this item

London: Allen & Unwin, 1967. 1st Edition, Hobbits, Lord of the Rings. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, as Issued. Pauline Baynes. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Smith of Wootton Major, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by George Allen & Unwin in 1967, 1st Edition. A Very Good Plus example of the First Edition First Impression of… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 1st Edition, Hobbits, Lord of the Rings. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pauline Baynes. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A beautiful 1st Printing of J.R.R. Tolkien's Smith of Wootton Major. This copy is Near Fine, with no writing or marks to the book. Boards are lightly soiled to the edges, with the… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Pauline Baynes. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Lord of the Rings, with the Original Pauline Baynes' illustrations to the slipcase, originating from the HarperCollins 1970 A Map of Middle-earth Poster published shortly before this edition. A set of the Trade Edition… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. J.R.R. Tolkien. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. J.R.R. Tolkien, Artist and Illustrator, by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1995, this is the 1st printing of the 1st Edition of this book. With over 200 reproductions of his… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2004. De Luxe Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J.R.R. Tolkien. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Harper Collins 2004 UK De Luxe Edition of The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. "The definitive edition of the text, fully reset and corrected… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2009. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Bill Sanderson. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1st Impression published in the UK in 2009 by Harper Collins, the first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2021. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Nature of Middle-Earth UK Deluxe Edition 1st impression, published by Harper Collins in 2021. From the blurb, "The first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's collected final writings on Arda and Middle-earth, which range from the complexity of the… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2018. De Luxe Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Alan Lee. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Fall of Gondolin, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The UK Deluxe Edition, published by Harper Collins in 2018, a 1st impression of the 1st Edition. No faults, no bumps, Near Fine in matching Near Fine slipcase.… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollins, 2022. De Luxe Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Alan Lee. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Fall of Numenor, UK De Luxe Edition, 1st impression, published by Harper Collins in 2022. From the blurb, "Drawing together texts from many published sources, including The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Lord of the Rings and… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. 2nd Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1968, the Second Edition, 4th/3rd/3rd impressions. An exceptionally clean and bright set of this classic of fantasy literature. The set is in original cloth… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beowulf, A Translation and Commentary, Together with Sellic Spell, UK De Luxe Edition, 1st impression. Published by Harper Collins in 2014. From the blurb, 'The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2019. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The UK Deluxe Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 2019, matches in style and design the earlier Deluxe Editions issued by Harper Collins. This is the 1st printing/impression of this edition released just in time for the… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2013. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Bill Sanderson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Fall of Arthur, 1st impression of the De Luxe Edition, published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2013. 'The worlds first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2013. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, by J.R.R. Tolkien, De Luxe Edition, published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2013. This is the 1st Impression printed and bound in Italy by L.E.G.O. Spa. Edited with introduction, commentary, index… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollins, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Bill Sanderson. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Battle of Maldon, UK De Luxe Edition, published by Harper Collins in 2023, 1st impression issued in slipcase. The book contains Tolkien's translations of The Battle of Maldon, and 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son,' as well… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2020. De Luxe Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Bill Sanderson. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is the De Luxe 2020 Edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo, published by Harper Collins. From the loose leaf flyer, "A special edition of this collection of three medieval… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. J.R.R. Tolkien. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A Very Good copy of an extremely scarce early Hobbit. The 1958 printing, of the 2nd Edition (1951), or the 10th printing overall (1937). This copy is a stated 10th impression from the dustjacket, published by Houghton Mifflin from… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 2014. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Harper Collins in 2014, the 60th Anniversary Edition, a four volume boxed set featuring Tolkien's original unused dustjacket designs, together with the fourth volume, A Reader's Companion, which includes… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. J.R.R. Tolkien. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The History of the Hobbit, a 3 volume box set from Houghton Mifflin, 1st US Edition, 1st impression of 2007. A beautiful boxed set of the definitive examination of how Tolkien came to write his original… Read more about this item