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 “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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).