A Tolkien Compass offers surprising insights into the mind of the creator of Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s political, religious, cosmological, and psychological principles are explored by ten writers with different backgrounds and divergent approaches. As leading Tolkien authority Tom Shippey observes in his foreword, A Tolkien Compasslives up to its name by providing vital guidance to both new and seasoned travelers in Middle-earth.

Condition as new. Weight 248 grams.

Het verhaal van de man achter The Lord of the Rings (The story of the man behind The Lord of the Rings)
DVD in English, with Dutch subtitles. For all ages.
Feature length 63 min approx. 4:3 Full frame.
NB: an unauthorized tribute.

Weight 196 grams.

Part 2 of the series The History of Middle-Earth, edited by Tolkien’s son Christopher.

Houghton Mifflin Company, first printing 1984. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN 0 395 36614 3. Book will be shipped as a packet.

Two short stories by Tolkien with many b/w illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
Pocketbook in good condition, pages a little brown after almost 50 years.

Weight 126 grams.

On two CD’s The Letters from Father Christmas, read by Derek Jacobi. Unabridged, 2 hours 8 mins listening, 30 tracks from 22^nd December 1920 to Christmas 1943.

HarperCollins HCCD 1114, 2004. Weight 102 grams.

Mr. Bliss bought a car and see what happened …..
Fascimile of Tolkien’s handwriting and the illustrations that he made.
Hardback with dustjacket.
The first page has an address and telephone number on it of a former owner of this book.

Weight 348 grams.

Four short stories by Tolkien: The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham.
Pocketbook, 178 pages, no illustrations.

Weight 136 grams.

Box with CD, DVD and booklet (16 pages with illustrations by the Brothers Hildebrandt).

On the CD: Landscapes of Middle Earth, ten songs by Rick Wakeman, inspired by Middle Earth.

Cromwell Productions Ltd, 5 034504 924871, 2001. Weight 221 grams.

Tiny little book (7 x 8,5 x 1 cm), hardback with dustjacket, 94 pages.
With poems, stories and songs from an international community of writers, scholars and artists.
Illustrations by Michael Green, color illustrations by Tim Kirk.

Weight 55 grams.

A book of 40 postcards featuring paintings inspired by the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Artists include Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, Roger Garland, Inger Edelfeldt and Carol Emery Phenix.
On the cover: Rivendell by Ted Nasmith.

Weight 226 grams.

After Tolkien’s death, his son Christopher Tolkien published a series of twelve books from all the material Tolkien had left behind.
This is the fifth of the twelve books, entitled “The Lost Road and other writings”.
Hardback with dustjacket.
Large book, will be sent as a packet.

Paperback, 253 pages, illustrations in b&w by Tolkien. Weight 183 grams.

In this pocketbook (159 pages) Tolkien completes his account of the writing of The Lord of the Rings: beginning with Sam’s rescue of Frodo and it ends with an attempt of Sam to answer his children’s question. In the Appendix some b&w drawings by Tolkien (Orthanc (3x) and Dunharrow (2x).
This book was part of the box “The History of the Lord of the Rings”.

Weight 131 grams.

50^th Anniversary Edition, first time in paperback. Edited by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, Tolkien’s favourite illustrator. HarperCollins 1999, first printing thus, 142 pages.

Weight 115 grams.

“Farewell to Middle-Earth at last, I see the star above your mast”.
Bilbo’s last words before leaving Middle-Earth, beautifully illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Hardback with dustjacket. Weight 159 grams.

Dutch translations of The Appendices from The Lord of the Rings. Book 4 of the Large T pockets by Het Spectrum. 1984, pocket book, third printing. Weight 134 grams.

The complete Lord of the Rings in Dutch (without Appendices). Hardback with dustjacket, 1.293 pages, 11,5 x 19,5 x 4 cm. Revised translation by Max Schuchart.
Large book, will be sent as a packet.

After Tolkien’s death, his son Christopher Tolkien published a series of twelve books from all the material Tolkien had left behind.
This is the tenth of the twelve books, entitled “Morgoth Ring, the later Silmarillion part one”.
Hardback with dustjacket, 471 pages. First USA-print.
Large book, will be sent as a packet.

Edited by Alan Bliss. Tolkien as a scholar tells the story of Finn and Hengest, two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. HarperCollins 1998, first printing thus. 13 x 19,5 cm. Weight 138 grams.

After Tolkien’s death, his son Christopher Tolkien published a series of twelve books from all the material Tolkien had left behind.
This is the eleventh of the twelve books, entitled “The War of the Jewels, the later Silmarillion, part two”.
Hardback with dustjacket, 470 pages. First USA-print.

Large book, will be sent as a packet.

For those who want to know more about names, places etc. In Tolkien’s works. Dutch translation of Tolkien Lexicon by Tyler. Het Spectrum first printing 1980, hardback with dust jacket, 543 pages, 11,5 x 18,5 cm.

Book will be shipped as a packet.

After Tolkien’s death, his son Christopher Tolkien published a series of twelve books from all the material Tolkien had left behind.
This is the sixth of the twelve books, entitled “The Return of the Shadow”.
Hardback with dustjacket, 497 pages. First USA-print.
Large book, will be sent as a packet.

After Tolkien’s death, his son Christopher Tolkien published a series of twelve books from all the material Tolkien had left behind.
This is the eighth of the twelve books, entitled “The War of the Ring”.
Hardback with dustjacket, 476 pages, first USA-printing.
Large book, will be sent as a packet.

French translation of The Hobbit. Pocketbook, 312 pages. Illustrations: two maps, Thorin’s Map and Wilderland.

Weight 161 grams.

The small format edition (12 x 15,5 cm). Beautifully illustrated by Lidia Postma.

Weight 212 grams.

12 Full-color Magnetic Postcards to send or save. The illustrations were made by the Brothers Hildebrandt during the years 1975 to 1977.

Weight 288 grams.

From the author of Tolkien Bestiary and Tolkien: The illustrated encyclopedia comes this guide to the rich mythical world of Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands. Arranged in a handy A-Z format this book is essential reading for anyone who loves Tolkien’s works and want to learn more about him.

Weight 425 grams.

A book of 20 postcards featuring painings inspired by the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Artists include Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, Roger Garland, Inger Edelfeldt and Carol Emery Phenix.
Illustration on cover by Carol Emery Phenix.

Weight 124 grams.

This highly readable collection of (15) writings celebrates Tolkien’s great literary legacy and the spiritual values that undergirded his imaginary Middle-Earth.
Joseph Pearce (know for “Tolkien”man & myth”) is the compiler of this book.
Paperback, 204 pages, weight 154 grams.

Four paperbacks (1.374 pages), the Dutch translation by Max Schuchart of The Lord of the Rings plus Appendices. “MET GRATIS TOLKIENKAART”: no longer valid, alas …. On the covers: illustrations by Tolkien.

Het Spectrum, 1990, 1990, 1990, 1996). For covers of books 2, 3 and 4, please contact me.

Books will be shipped as a packet (see tab: Terms & conditions).

Paperback edition of the famous Tolkien biography by Humphrey Carpenter. 287 pages plus eight pages with b&w photographs.
Spine is somewhat faded.

Weight 182 grams.

Long before Christopher Tolkien finished this tale, there was already a version of Tolkien himself.
German translation, pocketbook, 171 pages.

Weight 115 grams.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit. Movie cover, 34^th printing, Dec. 2012. Paperback, 15,0 x 23,0 2,3 cm, 253 pages. No illustrations, only Thror’s Map. Weight 431 grams.

From The Silmarillion, about the war between the Noldor and Morgoth. German translation.
Pocketbook, 125 pages. Weight 127 grams.

In The Netherlands Het Spectrum was the first to publish pocketbooks. This is a very special edition in the Prisma pocketbooks series: No. 1.500 and the first printing of three of Tolkien’s fairy tales, the Dutch translation of Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton-Major and Farmer Giles of Ham.

Weight 129 grams.

Dutch translation of Unfinished Tales. Hardback with dust jacket. Het Spectrum, first printing 1981. 613 pages, 11,8 x 19,6 x 3,5 cm.

Book will be shipped as a packet (see tab: Terms & conditions). No illustrations, only the two maps.

Yes, the Dutch translation of “Farmer Giles of Ham”. Hardback, no dustjacket issued, 85 pages.
Cover and illustrations by Walt de Rijk. The first print was as one of Tolkien’s fairy tales in “Sprookjes”.

Weight 213 grams.

Dutch translation of On Fairy Tales and Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton-Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. Hardback with dust jacket, Het Spectrum first printing 1977. 180 pages, weight 319 grams.

No marks or whatever, completely “clean”. Illustrations (in color) by Ted Nasmith.

Weight 401 grams.

Pocketbook, UNWIN paperbacks, 1989. 285 pages, no illustrations, only the Map of Wilderland and Thor’s Map. 11,1 x 17,6 x 2,0 cm, weight 184 grams.

NB: two slight folds on front cover and a little damage on the back cover.

No marks or whatsoever, completely “clean”. Illustrations (in color) by John Howe.

Weight 472 grams.

Part one of The Hobbit movie. Packed with stunning photos, facts and activities from the brilliant new movie. Join Bilbo Baggins on his unexpected journey across the wilds of Middle-Earth with Gandalf the Wizard and a company of thirteen Dwarves!

Weight 544 grams.

Ingram Book Group wrote: “A critical biography …. traces Tolkien’s fascination and unusual life and examines his definitive fantasy works”.
Paperback, 197 pages. Book has a wrinkle on the front cover.

Weight 328 grams.

Poems & songs of Middle Earth. Complete with easy-to-play chords for guitar and piano. Words by Tolkien, music by David Swann.
Soft cover, 68 pages, 21 x 28 cm. On cover some remain of price tag.

Weight 204 grams.

Small book 11 x 15,5 cm, hardback, no dustjacket issued. One of Tolkien’s fairy tales.
Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Tolkien called her once his favorite illustrator.

Weight 116 grams.

More than 50 years copy of The Two Towers, but still in good condition, with map in black and red.

Hardback, nu dust jacket (alas), 352 pages, 14,7 x 22,6 x 2,6 cm.

Stories, poems and an essay by the author of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”.
Pocketbook, cover and (many b&w) illustrations by Pauline Baynes.

Weight 168 grams.

Dutch translation of The Appendices.

Hardback with dust jacket, 159 pages, 11,6 x 19,6 x 2 cm.

Weight 238 grams.

Dutch translation of Tolkien’s letters, as edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien. Hardback, 588 pages, from the series Hardback Tolkien with the large character “T”.

Large book, will be sent as a packet.

Dutch illustrator Cor Blok made some 140 illustrations, inspired by The Lord of the Rings. Now in one book, thanks to Pieter Collier (www.tolkienlibrary.com).

Hardback with dust jacket, 159 pages, 19,8 x 25,3 x 1,7 cm. Weight 730 grams.

German translation (Walter Scherf) of The Hobbit. Paperback 12 x 19 cm, 332 pages.

Weight 240 grams.

Nitzsche discusses not only such classics as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, but focuses on Tolkien’s minor works as well, tracing in detail the sources and influences – from pagan epic to Christian legend – which formed the foundation of Tolkien’s masterpieces, his “mythology for England”.

Weight 311 grams.

De Avonturen van Tom Bombadil en andere verhalen uit het Rode Boek.

Dutch edition. Tom Bombadil plus 15 other verses by Tolkien. Hardback with dust jacket, 68 pages.

Weight 168 grams.

Get a glimps of Middle Earth in this beautifully illustrated celebration of the author and his creations.

Tiny booklet (7,2 x 8,5 x 1,1 cm), hardback with dust jacket, 94 pages, illustrated by Michael Green (b&w) and Tim Kirk (color).

Weight 55 grams.

Paperback, 273 pages, illustrated by Tolkien (in black & white and in color).
Weight 221 grams.

After Tolkien’s death, his son Christopher Tolkien published a series of twelve books from the material his father had left behind.
This is the fourth of the twelve books, entitled “The Shaping of Middle-Earth”.

Large book, will be sent as a packet.

After Tolkien’s death, his son Christopher Tolkien published a series of twelve books from the material his father had left behind.
This is the third of the twelve books, entitled “The Lays of Beleriand”.

Large book, will be sent as a packet.

The great legend of Northern antiquity, retold by Tolkien in two closely connected poems. Paperback, 377 pages.

Weight 270 grams.

Dutch translation of “Smith of Wootton Major”. Hardback, no dust jacket issued, 53 pages. Illustrated in black and white by Walt de Rijk.

Weight 157 grams.

Dutch translation of “Farmer Giles of Ham”. Hardback, no dust jacket issued, 85 pages. Illustrated in black and white by Walt de Rijk.

Weight 272 grams.

Hardback with dust jacket, complete with map in black and red.

56 years old and still in good shape, although the pages are a little brownish: the fourth impression of The Two Towers. Dust jacket belonged to the third impression!

Weight 557 grams.

Paperback 2012, 75^th birthday of The Hobbit. Illustrations in b&w by Tolkien himself. Cover is slightly lumpy.

Weight 239 grams.

50 Minutes DVD with parts of the live performance in Montreal (2004). A composer’s Journey Through Middle-Earth. Inlay booklet in Dutch.

Weight 116 grams.

Soft cover, 2004,19 x 24,5 x 0,8 cm. See and read the beautifully illustrated letters, that Tolkien – on behalf of Father Christmas – used to write to his children.

Weight 347 grams.

Tiny booklet (7,5 x 9,2 x 0,7 cm), hardback with dust jacket with poems from The Hobbit. Illustrations in color by Tolkien himself.

Weight only 40 grams.

Dutch translation of The father Christmas Letters. Hardback, 28 x 22 cm, 48 (not numbered) pages, 389 grams. Illustrations in colour by Tolkien.

First print 1976.

Tolkien Diary 2002, illustrations by Ted Nasmith.

Hardback, no dust jacket, 20,5 x 21,5 cm. All pages are clean.

Weight 406 grams.

French translation of The Hobbit. Pocketbook, 315 pages,
11 x 18 cm, weight 173 grams.

This definitive full-colour guidebook showcases the principal movie set locations around New Zealand as seen in all three films of The Lord of the Rings.

Softcover, 128 pages, 13 x 19,5 cm. 226 grams.

Tolkien Diary 2001, subject: The Lord of the Rings. Illustrations by John Howe.

Hardback, no dust jacket, 20,5 x 21,5 cm. All pages are clean. 414 grams.

Tolkien Diary 1999, illustrations (in colour and black & white) by Alan Lee.

Hardback, no dust jacket, 21 x 18,5 cm. All pages are clean. 502 grams.

French translation of the graphic editin of The Hobbit. Hardback, 134 pages, 18 x 29 cm.
Adepted by Charles Dixon and Sean Denning, illustrations by David Wenzel.

Weight 564 grams.

Nagelaten Vertellingen, Dutch translation of Unfinished Tales. Hardback plus dust jacket, India paper! Plm. 13,5×21,5×2 cm, 587 pages.

Weight 456 grams.

Softcover, 21,5 x 28 cm, 64 pages.
We all know David Wenzel from his comic version of The Hobbit. In this book he gives us his look into Middle Earth. Many large drawings in color and b&w.
Text by Lin Carter.

Weight 267 grams.

The Hobbit, illustrated in color by Michael Hague.
Softcover (20  x 25,5 cm), 290 pages, book as new.

Weight: 831 grams.

The series “Library of great authors” gives you a comprehensive survey of literature’s best-loved, most esteemed authors.
In this edition Stanley P. Baldwin tells us about the life of Tolkien and he gives a full-lenght coverage of The Hobbit as well as The Lord of the Rings.
Very helpful if you do not wish to read the books themselves (but why would you wish so?).
Hardback, no dustjacket, 207 pages. Weight 368 grams.

Mr Bliss in Dutch. On the left pages you will find the Dutch translation. On the right pages the original text by Tolkien. And his drawings, of course.
Always wanted to learn Dutch? Maybe this is the moment?
Hardback with dust jacket.

Weight 556 grams.

Part of The Silmarillion. Translation in German. Softcover, plm. 10,5 x 18 cm, 125 pages.

Weight 121 grams.

Before Christopher Tolkien completed the story, The Children of Húrin was part of Unfinished Tales. This is the German translation.
Softcover, plm. 10,5 x 18 cm, 171 pages.

Weight 112 grams.

Large map of Middle-Earth (plm. 70 x 70 cm) plus images (scenes from The Lord of the Rings) by John Howe.
Plus a booklet, written by Brian Sibley.
The map was redrawn by John Howe, but based on the original map by Christopher Tolkien.
Weight 120 grams.

Large map of Middle-Earth (plm. 70 x 70 cm) plus images (scenes from The Lord of the Rings) by John Howe.
Plus a booklet, written by Brian Sibley,
The map was redrawn by John Howe, but based on the original map by Christopher Tolkien.

Weight 123 grams.

A critical study of J.R.R. Tolkien that is personal, original, creative, brilliant, captivating … a model of excellence – Austin American Statesman.
Softcover, plm 10,5 x 18 cm, 96 pages.

Weight 56 grams.

Essays and reflections on Middle-Earth from TheOneRing.net.
Paperback, 377 pages.

Weight 443 grams.

Subtitle: Tolkien and the Oxford Englsh Dictionary. After “The Great War” Tolkien’s first job was as an assistant on the Oxford English Dictionary.
Written by Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall and Edmund Weiner.
Hardback with dust jacket, 234 pages plus index.

Weight 427 grams.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Middle-Earth.
Paperback, 303 pages, plm. 11,5 x 16 cm.

Weight 276 grams.

“A welcome addition to any Tolkien reader’s bookshelf … It is impossible to read Colin Duriez’s volume without wanting to reread Professor Tolkien’s books – an undoubted compliment to both authors” (Brian Sibley).
Paperback, 296 pages. Weight 262 grams.

New writings on the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien by Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin, Raymond E. Feist, Terry Pratchett, Charles de Lint, George R.R. Martin … and more.
Edited by Karen Haber, illustrated (in b&w) by John Howe.
Paperback, 235 pages, weight 308 grams.

Biography by Daniel Grotta: “A critical biography … traces Tolkien’s fascinating and unusual life and examines his definitive fantasy works.” (Ingram Book Group).
Paperback, 197 pages, illustrations on front cover by Brothers Hildebrandt, no illustrations inside.

Weight 334 grams.

Edited by Christopher Tolkien: Tolkien’s own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity.
Hardback with dust jacket, 377 pages. Weight 511 grams.

Dutch translation of The Father Christmas letters. Hardback, no dustjacket issued, pages not numbered.

First print 1976.

Weight 387 grams.

German translation of The Father Christmas Letters. Hardback, no dustjacket issued, pages not numbered.

Weight 395 grams.

Christmas is coming, time for the Father Christmas Letters!
Softcover, first print 1978. 18,5 x 24 cm, pages not numbered.

Weight 155 grams.

German translation of The Father Christmas letters. Softcover, 19 x 24 cm.
On the first page is written “Für Oebe, von Inga, Weihnachten 1987”.

Weight 171 grams.

Small booklet in Dutch, 46 pages. Information on Tolkien, his work and the coming LotR movies.

Weight 37 grams.

If you think you know all about Tolkien, this is THE book for you.
1.200 questions on the work of Tolkien.
Pocketbook, English, pages are not numbered.

Weight 117 grams.

Dutch translations of The Appendexes. Belongs to the green series of pockets. Translated by Max Schuchart, pocketbook, 159 pages.

Weight 135 grams.

German translation of “Bilbo’s last song”. Hardback, no dj issued. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes (Tolkiens’s favorite illustrator!).

Weight 311 grams.

Tolkien’s Fairy Tales in German: Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. paperback, 160 pages.
In a page behind the front page R & E congratulate “Forsten” with his or hers 23 birthday.

Weight 210 grams.

German translation of “Journeys of Frodo” by Barbara Strachey. Follow Frodo and Sam day-by-day. Maps in black and red. Plus two other maps. 24,5 x 19 cm, 111 pages.

Weight 341 grams.

Dutch translation of The Lord of the Rings, in one book including The Appendices. Hardback + dj, 1401 pages very thin paper.

This book is too big to fit into your letterbox and will be shipped as a packet.

Second impression 1982 of Mr. Bliss. Hardback + DJ. Full color illustrations by Tolkien himself.

Weight 344 grams.

German book about Tolkien: Von A wie Abendland bis Z wie Zauberring. Alles über den Schöpfer des Herr der Ringe und sein Werk.
Papeback 416 pages, no illustrations.

Weight 228 grams.

This is book 3 of 3 books with the graphic edition of The Hobbit. Softcover.

Weight 131 grams.

This is book 2 of 3 books with the graphic edition of The Hobbit. Softcover.

Weight 128 grams.

Pocketbook, 96 pages: “A critical study of J.R.R. Tolkien that is personal, original, creative, brilliant, captivating … a model of excellence”(Austin American Statesman).

Weight 56 grams.

One of Tolkien’s fairy tales. Hardback with dustjacket, 92 pages.

Weight 182 grams.

The Tolkien Ensemble performs twelve songs, from The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien. Comes with a 24 pages booklet with info and songtexts.

Weight 108 grams.

Italian translation of the well-known Tolkien biography by Humphrey Carpenter. Hardback with dustjacket, 405 pages, eight pages with b&w photographs.

Weight 681 grams.

Hardback with dustjacket, 313 pages.
Illustrated in b&w and color by Alan Lee.

Weight 527 grams.

USA-edition of The Children of Húrin. Hardback with dustjacket, 313 pages.
Illustrated in b&w and color by Alan Lee.

Weight 514 grams.

On 8 CD’s (unabridged, approx 9 hours listening) Christopher Lee reads The Children of Húrin. Preface and introductio is read by Christofer Tolkien. Includes a fold-out map and 16-page full colour booklet. New, not used.

This item will be shipped as a packet.

Italian translation of The Children of Húrin. Hardback with dustjacket, 325 pages.Illustrated by Alan Lee in b&w and color.

Weight 548 grams.

Spanish translation of The Children of Húrin. Hardback with dustjacket, 280 pages.Illustrated by Alan Lee in b&w and color.

Weight 618 grams.

Based on “The Fellowship of the Rinhs” and “The Two Towers” by Tolkien. Over 400 full-color pictures from the film by Ralph Bakshi. Paperback, 10,5 x 17,5 cm. First printing 1979. Book has a little damage, see scan.

Weight 159 grams.

A parody of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”by The Harvard Lampoon. Pocketbook, 160 pages, pages a little brow, but the book is 42 years young, so…..
On the first page (backside from cover) is an ex-libris of a former owner.

Weight 89 grams.

Hardback, no dustjacked issued. Edited by Baillie Tolkien. Letters, that Tolkien wrote to his childres, as if he was Father Christmas himself. Illustrated by Tolkien.

Weight 373 grams.

No names in it, spine has very little damage, see scan. Hardback. Illustrated with the original illustrations by Tolkien.

Weight 417 grams.

No names in it, a few small dints on the cover. Illustrated in color by Ted Nasmith. Hardback.

Weight 421 grams.

No names in it (Personel Notes are whitened). Subject is 50 years of Lord of the Rings. Illustrations in color by Tolkien. Hardback.

Weight 426 grams.

15 authors (see cover) on Tolkien and his work. Paperback, 235 pages. Illustrated in b&w by John Howe.

Weight 388 grams.

Centenary edition, with many illustrations by Tolkien (in color). No names in it.

Weight 197 grams.

Small booklet (11 x 18 cm, 16 pages) in Dutch. In 1983 it was 25 years ago that Tolkien visited Rotterdam. Het Spectrum remembered so with this booklet with information on Tolkien and his work. Illustrated in color and b&w.

Written by the late Max Schuchart, who also translated The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings into Dutch.

Weight 21 grams.

FDC Magical Worlds 1998. One of the stamps is inspired by The Hobbit (Smaug).

Weight 9 grams.

Dutch translation of three fairy tales by Tolkien: Tree and Leafe, Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham.
Pocketbook, 152 pages.

Weight 135 grams.

30 colour platesinspired by Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

First print 1979, THAMES AND HUDSON, ISBN 0 500 27158 5, 23,5 x 32 cm.

Weight 375 grams.

Written by Mary Elizabeth, illustrated by Kathy Kifer. Guide to help teachers with reading The Hobbit by his or her pupils. For each chapter there is: Journal and discussion topics, Vocabulary and Summary.

First print 1998, Garlic Press, ISBN 0 931993 90 3, 75 pages, 21,5 x 27,7 cm.

Weight 207 grams.

A 24 page read-along book and record. SEE the pictures, HEAR the record, READ the book.

First edition 1977, Disneyland RECRDS 368 – RANKIN/BASS, 18,2 x 18,2 cm.

Weight 88 grams.

The seven “essays” by J.R.R. Tolkien assembled in this paperback edition were with one exception delivered as general lectures on particular occasions.

First edition thus 1997, HarperCollins, ISBN 0 261 10263 X, 240 pages, 13 x 19,5 cm.

Weight 178 grams.

Part nine of The History of Middle-Earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien:  The End of the Third Age (The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four), The notion Club Papers and The Drowning of Anadûně.

First thus, 1992, Houghton Mifflin Company, hardback with dust jacket, ISBN 0 395 60649 7, 482 pages, 15,2 x 22,7 x 4 cm.

This book will be shipped as a packet (see tab Terms and Conditions).

Hardback with dust jacket, 24,5 x 19,5 cm, right pages: text by Tolkien, left pages: Dutch translation), illustrated by Tolkien.

First print thus, 2007, MYNX, ISBN 978 90 225 4917 9.

Weight 559 grams.

When his children were young, Tolkien used to send (on behalf of Father Christmas) letters from the North Pole. Here is the Dutch translation.

Hardback with dust jacket, 19, 6 x 25,3 cm, 112 pages, illustrations (in color) by Tolkien, no numbered pages.

First print thus, 2005, Uitgeverij M, ISBN 90 225 4358 7.

Weight 583 grams.

Cover by Barbara Remington, very much disliked by Tolkien: emus don’t belong in Middle Earth.

On this copy the lion has already disappeared.

On First page a paper Ex-Libris and a name of a former owner.

Pocketbook, 287 pages, 10,7 x 17,5 cm, no illustrations, only Thror’s Map.

26th printing 1972, BALLANTINE BOOKS, no ISBN.

Weight 163 grams.

In the end of the 70’s there was a Lord of the Rings movie by Ralph Bakshi. The movie ended half way the story. In 1979 there was the follow-up, This time by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. It was, let us say, no succes.

These days this DVD is pretty hard to get, it certainly is a collector’s item.

DVD, 97 mins, English spoken, subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Weight 86 grams.

Part 1 of the series The History of Middle Earth, edited by Tolkien’s son Christopher.

George Allen & Unwin, third impression 1983.
Hardback with dust jacket. ISBN 0 04 823238 6.
Weight 538 grams.

Dutch translation of The Appendix with an introduction by René van Rossenberg, owner of www.tolkienshop.com / www.tolkienwinkel.nl.
The right book for those who want to now more about The Lord of the Rings.
Paperback 160 pages, weight 255 grams.

Dutch translation of Alan Lee’s LotR Sketch-book.

Uitgeverij M, First print 2005, 192 pages, hardback with dust jacket, 138 pages,
19,7 x 25,2 x 1,87 cm, ISBN 90 225 4366 3.

Weight 840 grams.

20 postcards by 11 illustrators, inspired by Tolkie’s Hobbit. From John Howe to Roger Garland, Cor Blok, Pauline baynes etc.

HarperCollinsPublishers, First printing 1997, ISBN 0 261 10351 2, 17,4 x 11,9 x 0,8 cm.

Weight 128 grams.

20 postcards by Tolkien himself. From Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves to Conversation with Smaug.

HarperCollinsPublishers, First printing 1998, ISBN 0 261 10365 2, 17,4 x 11,9 x 0,8 cm.

Weight 130 grams.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit, cover from movie part two.

No illustrations, only Thror’s Map.

Boekerij, 41st printing 2013, paperback, 253 pages, 15 x 23 x 2,5 cm, ISBN 978 90 225 6682 4.

Weight 442 grams.

Text (booklet with 18 pages) by Brian Sibley, images plus large map by John Howe.

First printing 1999, HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 0 261 10372 5.

Weight 134 grams.

Kilby (Professor of English and Chairman of the English Department of Wheaton College) first met Tolkien in 1964. In this book he describes Tolkien at work in the late years of his life.

Hardback with dust jacket (little damage on cover), 89 pages, 13,5 x 21,8 x 1,1 cm, no illustrations.

2nd printing 1977, Harold Shaw Publishers – Wheaton, Illinois. ISBN 0 87788 816 7.

Weight 253 grams.

In the series The History of Middle-Earth, this is #3: The Lays of Beleriand.

Paperback, 393 pages, HarperCollins 1994. Cover by John Howe.
Weight 294 grams.

In 2004 it was 50 years ago that part one of LotR was published. UK Royal Mail issued a series of ten stamps with illustrations by Tolkien. Here is this serie, unstamped, in perfect condition.

Weight 13 grams.

Hardback, no dust jacket issued, GUILD Publishing, First thus 1978. No ISBN, 256 pages. Illustrations in black and white by Tolkien. Plus the two maps (Thror’s Map and The map of Wilderland).

14,1 x 21,5 cm. Weight 403 grams.

John & Priscilla Tolkien published many pictures from the Tolkien collection in this book.

Hardback with dust jacket, Houghton Mifflin Company, First printing 1992,

90 pages, 22,3 x 28 cm. ISBN 0 395 59938 5.

Weight 627 grams.

The Italian edition of The Filmbook of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”. It was the First LotR movie, by Saul Zaentz & Ralph Bakshi.

First Italian printing, Rusconi 1979. Hardback with dust jacket, 116 pages illustrated by movie stills in color. ISBN: none. 25,8 x 22,5 cm. Weight,765 grams.

In 2014 it was 100 years ago that World War One (in England called The Great War) began. Tolkien was (shortly, but yet) in that war. Was WW1 inspiration for LotR? The threshold of Middle-Earth?

Hardback with dust jacket, HarperCollins, first printing 2003, 398 pages plus eight Photo pages (in black and white), ISBN 0 00 711952 6, 16,2 x 24 x 3,6 cm.

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Dutch translation (Max Schuchart) of The Hobbit. No illustrations, only Thror’s Map. Paperback.

Boekerij, 39^th printing, 2013, ISBN 978 90 225 6407 3. Weight 426 grams.

The First five books of The History of Middle-Earth in one hardback (15,7 x 22,8 x 6,2 cm), HarperCollins 2002 (First thus)

In the price is taken into account: on the bottom edges of the pages has had (very) light water damage.

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A blank book with some curious illustrations of friends and foes of the nine companions – from the collection of Sam Gangee.

paperback, weight 203 grams.

This might be the most beautiful edition of The Hobbit. Limited edition. Complete with 16-page introduction by Christopher Tolkien, fully illustrated by Tolkien (14 illustrations in full colour), fold-out version of Thror’s Map, with the “magic” runes only visible when the map is held in the light.

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In Spanish: Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle and Smith of Wootton Major – HB 2796.

Spanish translation of Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle and Smith of Wootton Major: Egidio, El Granjero de Ham, Hoja de Niggle and El Herrero de Wootton Mayor. Hardback with dust jacket, 144 pages, 12,2 x 20,6 cm, minotauro 1988, 11th printing. Weight 212 grams.

The Hobbit in Spanish. Movie cover part one. Pocketbook 12,4 x 18,8 cm, Minotauro October 2012, third printing, no illustrations. Weight 190 grams.

The Hobbit in French. Movie cover part one. Pocketbook, 10,9 x 17,8 cm, Livre de Poche August 2012, no illustrations. Weight 208 grams.

English. A complete guide to all fourteen languages Tolkien invented. By Ruth S. Noel.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1980, soft cover, 207 pages, 11,3 x 18,4 cm.
Weight 190 grams.  ISBN 0 395 29130 5.

English. Edited by J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon. This is the Second Edition, edited by Norman Davis.

Oxford University Press, 1972 (with corrections), 232 pages, paperback, 13,3 x 20,2 cm, no illustrations. Weight 280 grams. ISBN 0 19 811486 9.

New Russian Hobbit.

ACT Moscow, 2015, firts thus, paperback, 318 pages, 11,5 x 18 cm, no illustrations.
Weight 199 grams. ISBN 978 5 17 083959 9.

Much information about Tolkien and his two most famous books.

COLES Notes, written  by  William Ready, 1971, first printing, paperback, 130 pages,
13,5 x 21,2 cm.

Hard to get: the Millenium Edition of The Lord of the Rings in a box:

Seven books (hardbacks, no dust-jacket issued, no illustrations) and a CD on which Tolkien is reading exerps from The Lord of the Rings.
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Hardback + dust jacket, Galahad Books New York, First printing 1989. 220 pages, ISBN 0 88365 746 5.

Fully illustrated (illustrations from the film by Arthur Rankin, Jr and Jules Bass.

Weight 1.000 – 2.000 grams, 27,3 x 22,8 x 2 cm.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit.

Het Spectrum, 14th printing 1976, hardback + dust jacket, 253 pages, ISBN 90 274 8396 5. One of the very few illustrated Dutch editions (illustrations by Tolkien),12 x 19,6 x 2,4 cm, weight 368 grams.

First edition of The Hobbit in Armanian language, 1984.

Sovetakan Grogh Printing House, hardback no dust jacket issued, 301 pages, no ISBN, cover and illustrations by M. Belomlinskiy. 13,3 x 20,5 x 1,9 cm. Weight 342 grams.

Hardback, no dust jacket issued. EUROPA KÖNYVKIADÓ BUDAPEST, 2015. ISBN 978 963 07 9937 9. 417 pages, no illustrations. 13 x 20,4 x 3,5 cm.

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Hardback with dust jacket. PARTVONAL KÖYVKIADÓ BUDAPEST, 2012. ISBN 978 963 9910 96 6. 228 pages, illustrated by Alan Lee. 14,7 x 22,6 x 2 cm, weight 455 grams.

Spanish translation of The Hobbit, pocketbook. Booket/MINOTAURO 2007. ISBN 978 84 450 7576 0. 308 pages, no illustrations, just Thro’s Map. 12,1 x 19 x 1,8 cm, weight 205 grams.

Yiddish translation (2nd edition) of The Hobbit. Paperback. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform (USA), 2015. ISBN 9781481172301. 277 pages, illustrations (in b&w) by Tolkien, 15,3 x 22,8 x 1,8 cm, weight 414 grams.

Spanish translation of The Hobbit. DeLuxe Edition, hardback in slipcase. Minotauro, October 2013. ISBN 978 84 450 0164 6. 349 pages, illustrations (in colour and b&w) by Tolkien. 16,7 x 25,4 x 4 cm.

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Very special DE LUXE edition of The Hobbit: India paper, hardback in box.

George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1976 (FIRST edition thus), ISBN 0 04 823127 4. 286 pages, 15,6 x 23,5 x 3 cm. Little damage on corners of the box.

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Very special DE LUXE edition of The Lord of the Rings: India paper, hardback in box.

George Allen & Unwin, Fifth Impression 1976. 1.193 pages, ISBN 0 04 823091 X,
no illustrations, two large maps (Gondor and Middle-Earth), 15,6 x 23,5 x 3,1 cm.

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Dramatization of The Hobbit by Patricia Gray and authorized by Tolkien.

Softcover, THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1968. No ISBN. 87 pages, 12,5 x 18,3 x 0,5 cm, weight 83 grams.

Hardback with dust jacket. HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012. ISBN 978 0 00 744521 9.

CCCXIX (= 319) pages, illustrations by Tolkien (in b&w), 13,5 x 20,5 x 2,8 cm, weight 396 grams.

Edited with an introduction, commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien.

Hardback with dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin, 2002? ISBN 0 618 15404 3. 472 pages,
cover by Ted Nasmith. 14,7 x 21,6 x 3,9 cm.

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And now for something completely different ….

The Hobbit Colouring Book with characters from the movies.

Softcover. HarperCollins, 2017. ISBN 978 0 00 818924 2. 76 pages, 21,6 x 27,5 x 0,7 cm, weight 361 grams.

In this compilation: Smith of Wootton Major, Farmer Giles of Ham, Tree and Leaf, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, PEARL & SIR ORFEO.

Hardback with dust jacket. SFBC by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin, 2002. ISBN 0 7394 2736 9. 369 pages, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, 14,7 x 21,7 x 3,1 cm.

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At last: a Dutch translation of The Hobbit with the original Tolkien cover.

Hardback with dust jacket, BOEKERIJ 2015, 50th print. ISBN 978 90 225 7551 2, translation by Max Schuchart.
Except introduction (1987) by Christopher Tolkien and subtitles illustrations by Renée Vink (co-founder Dutch Tolkien Society UNQUENDOR). 301 pages, illustrations in b&w by Tolkien, 11,2 x 15,8 x 3,2 cm.

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Hardback, no dust jacket issued. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1978, 64 pages,
ISBN 0 395 26801 X, illustrations by Pauline Baynes. 14,4 x 22,6 x 1 cm, weight 237 grams.

Paperback, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994, ISBN 0 261 10273 7, foreword 1977 by Christopher Tolkien. 439 pages. Weight 225 grams.

First printing 2009 of the translation of The Hobbit in Frisian (a local language in The Netherlands).

Elikser uitgeverij, paperback, ISBN 978 90 8954 112 3, 334 pages, 12,4 x 20 x 3 cm.

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On the back of the book: “Ed’s book is top notch, the kind of devotional that really does find passages of the core text and bring to light spiritual truths that are relevant and meaningful” as stated by Wayne Thomas Batson, bestselling author of The door within triology.

Barbour Publishing, Inc. 2012 first printing, ISBN 978 1 61626 743 8, 0paperback 319 pages, 12,7 x 17,6 x 2,1 cm, weight 228 grams.

Hardback with dust jacket, second edition by Houghton Mifflin, 2001, ISBN 0 618 13504 9, 367 pages.

14,6 x 21,6 x 3,1 cm.

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“Helms explains all, in terms nonscolars can understand”- San Fransico Chronical.

Paperback, Houghton Mifflin, 1974, First, ISBN 0 395 18490 8. Paperback, 167 pages,  14 x 21,2 x 1,4 cm. Weight 263 grams.

Two PC DVD’s, WarnerBros Games in English, and subtitled in Dutch and French.Weight 163 grams.