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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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

Weight 115 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.

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.

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.

Dutch translation of The Appendices.

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

Weight 238 grams.

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

Weight 240 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Weight 276 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This book will be shipped as a parcel (see Tab: Terms and conditions for costs of shipping).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Book will be shipped as a packet (see: tab Terms and conditions for costs of shipping).

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.

Book will be shipped as a packet (see: tab Terms and conditions for costs of shipping).

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.

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.

 Book will be shipped as a packet (see: tab Terms and conditions for costs of shipping).

“Work sheets Melkin”, in Russian: The Hobbit plus Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major and On Fairy Tales. Translated by ?, illustrated by G.M. Berstein

RIF Moscow 1992 (or 1991?), paperback, 303 pages, ISBN 5 85950 009 2, weight 273 grams, 13,9 x 20,5 x 1,5 cm.

The Hobbit in Galician (local language in Spain), translated by Moisés R. Barcia.

XERAIS, 5th ed. 2010, paperback, 341 pages, ISBN 978 84 9782 541 2, weight 340 grams, 13 x 21 x 1,8 cm.

Comic version in French by Charles Dixon (adaption) & David Wenzel (illustrations) in French, translated by Anne Capuron.

DELCOURT 2012, hardback (no dust jacket issued), 144 pages, ISBN 978 2 7560 2003 7, weight 704 grams, 20 x 28,7 x 1,4 cm.

French translation of Bilbo’s Last Song. Translated by Pierre de Laubier. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.

Gallimard Jeunesse 2001, hardback (no dust jacket issued) 32 pages, ISBN 2 07 054940 2, weight 315 grams, 20,8 x 26 x 0,6 cm.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit. First paperback edition 2001 in the revised translation of 2000. No illustrations, just Thror’s map. Cover illustrations by Tolkien.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit, moviecover 2014, paperback, BOEKERIJ. No illustrations, just Thror’s Map.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit, PRISMA POCKET 22nd printing 1985. No illustrations, just the two maps: Thror’s Map and The Map of Wilderland.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit, pocketbook, published in 2004 by Zwarte Beertjes / UITGEVERIJ M. No illustrations, just Thror’s Map.

Dutch translation of The Hobbit. pocket book, Het Spectrum 16th printing 1978. No illustrations, just the two maps: Thror’s Map and The Map of Wilderland.

One of Tolkien’s fairies, beautifully illustrated by Pauline Baynes.

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD, 1976, reset, new format, ISBN 0 04 823131 2, hardback no dust jacket issued, 14,5 x 22,9 x 1,0 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

One of Tolkien’s fairies, beautifully illustrated by Pauline Baynes.

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD, 1975 second edition, ISBN 0 04 823121 5, hardback no dust jacket issued, 14,5 X 22,9 X 1,0 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Illustrated by Alan Lee (in color and b&w).

HarperCollingsPublishers, 2018 10th, ISBN 978-0-00-821422-7, 288 pages, 12,9 x 19,8 x 2,5 cm, paperback, weight 350 – 2.000 grams.

A book of 40 postcards, inspired by the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Artists include Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, Roger Garland and Inger Edelfeldt.

HarperCollingsPublishers, 2002, ISBN 0 00 714259 5,17,4 x 11,9 x 1,4 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Middle-Earth.

ROUGH GUIDES, October 2003, ISBN 1-84353-275-1, soft cover, 11,5 x 15,9 x 1,5 cm, 304 pages, weight 0 – 350 grams.

ALTIKIRBEŞ YAYIN, Istanbul, 2000 first, ISBN 975846717-4, paperback, 13,5 x 19,3 x 1,3 cm, 176 pages, weight 0 – 350 grams.

ALTIKIRBEŞ YAYIN, Istanbul, 1999 second, ISBN 99-24-02-76-1240, paperback, 13,3 x 19,4 x 0,7 cm, 119 pages, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Tolkien’s three fairy tales: Smith of Wootton Major, Farmer Giles of Ham and Tree Leaf.

ALTIKIRBEŞ YAYIN, Istanbul, 2000 second, ISBN 98-29-06-60-2-1705, paperback, 13,4 x 19,5 x 1,2 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

French translation of The Hobbit.

Le Livre de Poche, 2002, ISBN 9782253049418, paperback, 316 pages, no illustrations,
just the two maps. 10,8 x 17,2 x 1,6 cm, weight 152 grams.

The Revised edition of the comic edition, illustrated by David Wenzel and adapted by Charles Dixon.

HARPER, 2006, ISBN 978 0 261 10266 8, soft cover, 138 pages, 20,3 x 27,4 x 0,8 cm, weight 497 grams.

Dutch translation of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, illustrated by Tolkien’s favorite illustrator: Pauline Baynes.

Uitgeverij Bert Bakker Den Haag, 1975, ISBN 90 6019 316 4, paperback, 64 pages, 14,4 x 21,2 x 0,5 cm, weight 105 grams.

Tiny booklet with the first chapter of The Hobbit.

HarperCollins, 2003, ISBN 0 00 717273 7, soft cover, 62 pages, 9,8 x 13,8 x 0,4 cm, weight 26 grams.

Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, Tolkien’s favorite illustrator.

HUTCHINSON, 2002, ISBN 0 09 188488 8, hardback + dust jacket, 34 (not numbered) pages, 13,3 x 18,4 x 0,8 cm, weight 156 grams.

Edited by Verlyn Flieger, with a note on the text by Christopher Tolkien.

HarperCollins, 2016, first, ISBN 978 0 00 820213 2, hardback + dust jacket, 106 pages,
15 x 22,9 x 1,5 cm, weight 289 grams.

Swedish translation of The Hobbit (In 1947 Sweden had the very first translation of The Hobbit), illustrated by Tolkien (in black & white).

NORSTEDTS, 2019, ISBN 978 91 1 308489 3, paperback, 288 pages, 13,6 x 21,0 x 2,0 cm, weight 309 grams.

HarperCollins, Revised edition 1994, ISBN 0 261 10277 x, soft cover, 210 pages,
22,0 x 27,9 x 1,2 cm, weight 669 grams.

Frodo’s journey from day to day in an atlas of 51 maps charting the epic journey that Frodo and his companions undertake in Tolkien’s epic work, The Lord of the Rings.

HarperCollins, 1998, ISBN 0 261 10267 2, soft cover, pages are not numbered,
24,5 x 18,6 x 0,7 cm, weight 325 grams.

Edited by Verlyn Flieger.

HarperCollins, 2018, first, ISBN 978 0 00813138 8, paperback, 168 pages, 12,8 x 19,7 x 1,5 cm, weight 176 grams.

Paperback, weight 361 grams

Hardback with dust jacket, weight 0 – 500 grams
One of the very few illustrated Dutch editions, original illustrations bij Tolkien in color.

Paperback (revised translation), weight 0 – 500 grams

Paperback, anniversary edition (see sticker on cover), weight 405 grams.
In 2010 it was 50 years ago that the first printing of The Hobbit in Dutch (the third translation worldwide after Sweden 1947 and Germany 1957) was publshed.

Paperback, movie cover #1, weight 427 grams.

Paperback (first as a Dutch translation in paperback), weight 402 grams.

pocket book, weight 153 grams.

Pocket book, cover by John Howe, weight 173 grams.

Pocket book, 2nd printing 1967, weight 142 grams.

Pocket book, 1974, weight 152 grams.

Pocket book, 1981, weight 154 grams.