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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Weight 344 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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of Tolkien’s fairy tales.

Hardback with dust jacket, some damage on dust jacket (book is more than 55 years old). 13,2 x 19,0 x 1,6 cm. Weight 205 – 300 grams.
Published By George Allen & Unwin in 1964 (2nd printing).

One of Tolkien’s fairy tales.

Hardback with dust jacket (with little damage – book is 55 years old). FIRST USA edition, published in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin. 13,8 x 21,2 x 1,5 cm, weight 300 – 400 grams.

Two of Tolkien’s famous fairy tales.

Paperback, 160 pages, BALLANTINE BOOKS 1973, 8th printing. Illustrated by Tolkien’s favorite illustrator: Pauline Baynes.

10,7 x 17,7 x 1,2 cm, 160 pages. Weight 100 – 200 grams.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil in French and English.

Paperback, published in 1979 by Christian Bourgois Editeur, reprint 1979, 166 pages,
10,7 x 17,7 x 1,0 cm, weight 100 – 200 grams.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil in French and English.

Paperback, published as reprint in 1992 by Christian Bourgois Editeur.
160 pages, 10,7 x 17,7 x 1,2 cm.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil in Italian and English.

Paperback with dust jacket, published in 2000 by BOMPIANI. 156 pages, 13,7 x 21,4 x 1,4 cm. Weight 300 – 400 grams.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil in Italian.

Not so easy to find, published in 1986 (5th printing) by Rusconi. 136 pages, weight 300 – 400 grams, 13,0 x 20,9 x 1,6 cm.

Special edition for the 50th anniversary of Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham.

Hardback with dust jacket, first thus, published in 1999 by HarperCollins.
Edited by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond.

130 pages, 14,0 x 22,3 x 1,8 cm, weight 300 – 400 grams.

Farmer Giles of Ham, illustrated by Tolkien’s favorite illustrator, Pauline Baynes.

Hardback, no dust jacket issued, published by George Allen & Unwin in 1976 (reset).

66 pages, 14,7 x 22,8 x 0,9 cm, weight 200 – 300 grams.

Farmer Giles of Ham, illustrated by my favorite Tolkien illustrator the late Roger Garland.

Paperback, 84 pages, published as reset in 1990 by UNWIN PAPERBACKS, weight 100-200 grams, 12,7 x 19,6 x 0,8 cm.

Farmer Gilse of Ham 50th Anniversary edition (first time in paperback).

Published in 2000 by HarperCollins, edited by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond.

Paperback, 142 pages, 12,9 x 19,6 x 1,0 cm, weight 100 – 200 grams.

Farmer Giles of Ham in French.

Paperback, published in 2001 by Christian Bourgois Editeur, first thus.
Illustrations in black & white by Roland Sabatier.
126 pages, 12,3 x 17,8 x 0,7 cm, weight 100 – 200 grams.

Part of the book “Sagenhafte Rittergeschichten”, illustrated by Stephan Kaluza.

On pages 59 – 93 the German translation of Farmer Giles of Ham.

RAVENSBURGER BUCHVERLAG, 1996 first thus. 190 pages, ISBN 3 473 52007 1,
12 x 17.8 x 1.4 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Smith of Wootton Major, Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham, Tom Bombadit & other verses – in Russian.

ACT Moscow 2007, pocket book, no illustrations, 256 pages, ISBN 5 17 016268 5,
10,7 x 16,4 x 1,6 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Dutch translation of Smith of Wootton Major (by W. Wielek-Berg). This first edition was produced by Het Spectrum as a public relations gift and was not for sale in bookshops.

Het Spectrum 1968, paperback, no illustrations, 44 pages, 13,5 x 22,2 x 0,4 cm, no ISBN, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Dutch translation (by Max Schuchart) of Farmer Giles of Ham. This edition was produced by Het Spectrum for 14 bookshops (De Boekhandels met *) ) in The Netherlands.

Het Spectrum, 2000 first, paperback, no illustrations, 64 pages, 12,9 x 19 x 0,6 cm, no ISBN, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Dutch translation  (by W. Wielek-Berg) of Farmer Giles of Ham,
cover and illustrations by Walt de Rijk.

Het Spectrum 1977, first thus, hardback no dust jacket issued, 85 pages,
13,4 x 21,2 x 1,0 cm, ISBN 90 274 4230 4, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.

UNWIN PAPERBACKS, reprint 1979, pocket book, no illustrations, 176 pages,
11,0 x 17,7 x 1,6 cm, ISBN 0 04 820016 6, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.

UNWIN BOOKS, 1975 first thus, paperback, no illustrations, ISBN 0 04 820015 8,
176 pages, 12,7 x 19,5 x 1,4 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

In this book the Spanish translations of Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major, Roverandom and “On Fairy Tales”.

minotauro, 2009 first, paperback, illustrated by Alan Lee (b&w), ISBN 978 607 07 0136 8,
326 pages, 14,9 x 22,8 x 2,3 xc, weight 0 – 500 grams.

Roverandom in Slovak with an introduction by Scull & Hammond.

Mladé letá, 2002 first, hardback no dust jacket issued, no illustrations, 112 pages,
ISBN 80 06 01205 9, 15,0 x 23,4 x 1,6 cm, weight 0 – 500 grams.

With an introduction by Scull & Hammond.

HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998, pocket book, 4 pages with illustrations by Tolkien (color), ISBN 0 261 10354 7, 106 pages, 12,9 x 19,6 x 09 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Roverandom translated into Italian with an introduction by Scull & Hammond.

BUR, 2002, paperback, 4 pages with illustrations by Tolkien (color), 176 pages,
ISBN 88 17 21102 8, 13,0 x 19,9 x 1,2 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Dutch translation (by W. Wielek-Berg) of Smith of Wooton Major with illustrations by Walt de Rijk.

Het Spectrum, 1977 3rd, hardback no dust jacket issued, 54 pages, 13,5 x 21,4 x 0,6 cm,
ISBN 90 274 4231 2, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Tiny book, illustrated by Pauline Baynes (b&W).

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD, 1974, 7th, hardback no dust jacket issued, 64 pages,
no ISBN, 11,0 x 15,4 x 0,7 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Tiny book, illustrated by Pauline Baynes (b&W).

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD, 1967, FIRST, hardback no dust jacket issued, 64 pages,
no ISBN, 11,0 x 15,4 x 0,7 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Note: This is an ex-library copy with a WITHDRAWN stamp on page 5, an small envelope with loan dates and a library placard (The Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association).

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1967, FIRST, hardback with dust jacket, illustrations by Pauline Baynes (b&w), 64 pages, no ISBN, 11,5 x 16,7 x 1,1 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Dutch translation (by Max Schuchart) of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

UITGEVERIJ BERT BAKKER, 1975 first thus, paperback, illustrations by Pauline Baynes (color and b&w), 64 pages, ISBN 90 6019 316 4, 14,3 x 21,1 x 0,4 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Note: This is an ex-library copy with a UITGESCHREVEN (withdrawn) stamp on page 1 and a small library stamp on title page).

Dutch translation (by Max Schuchart) of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

UITGEVERIJ BERT BAKKER, 1975 first thus, paperback, illustrations by Pauline Baynes (color and b&w), 64 pages, ISBN 90 6019 316 4, 14,3 x 21,1 x 0,4 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD, 1968 3rd, hardback with a plastic cover,
illustrations by Pauline Baynes (color and b&w), ISBN 04 821019 6,
64 pages, 14,6 x 22,8 x 0,9 cm, weight 0 – 350 grams.

Dutch translation (by Max Schuchart) of Roverandom.

UITGEVERIJ M, 2002, 1st thus, hardback with dust jacket, 125 pages, ISBN 90 225 3318 2,
13,7 x 21,5 x 1,7 cm, no illustrations, weight 0 – 350 grams.

In this form, the book was published on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Douwe Egberts (coffee, tea and so on).