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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Weight 388 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.

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.

“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.

15 essays on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings by (amongst others) C.S. Lewis, W.H. Auden, Marion Zimmer Bradley.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESS, LONDON, 1976 6th, ISBN 0268-00279-7, paperback, 13,3 x 20,1 x 2,0 cm, 296 pages, weight 350 – 2.000 grams.

Everything I need to know about life I learned from Tolkien.

WritersDigest, 2012, ISBN 978 1 59963 650 4, paperback, 232 pages, 13,8 x 18,9 x 1,8 cm, weight 283 grams.

This absorbing guide to the mind behind Middle-Earth will introduce or remind readers of the abundance that exists in Tolkien’s thought and imagination.

Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0 7509 3982 6, paperback, 302 pages, 12,6 x 19,6 x 2,2 cm, weight 227 grams.

A thought provoking essay aboult both Tolkien and fantasy writing .

Small soft cover book, 48 pages, 12,7 x 17,7 x 0,4 cm. 2nd printing by CAPRA PRESS 1974.

ISBN 0 912264 96 9. Weight 100 – 200 grams.

A thought provoking essay aboult both Tolkien and fantasy writing .

Small soft cover book, 30 pages, 13,7 x 21,4 x 0,3 cm, published by Village Press 1974.

No ISBN, weight 0 – 100 grams.

Author: Jane Chance. Jane Chance’s critical appraisal of JRR Tolkien’s epic-romance trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, is the first to explore how power, politics and language interact in this heroic tale of the denizens of Middle-earth.

Twayne Publishers, 1992, ISBN 0 8057 8571 X, 131 pages.

13,5 x 21,4 x 2,0 cm, weight 193 grams.

THE INKLINGS – C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and their friends
Author: Humphrey Carpenter

UNWIN PAPERBACKS, 1981, first thus, paperback, 287 pages plus eight pages with photographs in b&w, weight < 350 grams, 12,8 x 19,7 x 2,1 cm

THE MAGICAL WORLD OF THE INKLINGS, J R R TOLKIEN, C.S. LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAMS, OWEN BARFIELD
Author: Gareth Knight

ELEMENT BOOKS, 1990, first thus, paperback, 258 pages, a few photographs in b&w,
weight 411 grams, 15,5 x 23,5 x 2,0 cm

Find your way through every part of Tolkien’s great creation from Middle-earth to the undying lands of the West
Author: Karen Wynn  Fonstad

GRAFTON, 1992, first, large soft back, 210 pages with many, many maps,
weight 557 grams, 20,3 x 27,8 x 1,7 cm

J.R.R. Tolkien: Six Decades of Criticism annotates over 1,600 reviews, articles, essays, books, and other commentary on the creator of Middle Earth. Author Judith A. Johnson also provides a bibliography of Tolkien novels, poems, interviews, and other published works; essays describing Tolkien’s writings and summarizing the critical response to them; and an appendix listing Tolkien-related organizations, societies, and publications.

GREENWOOD PRESS, 1986, first, hardback, 267 pages, weight 583 grams, 16,0 x 24,1 x 2,3 cm