Hardback version of The Tolkien Reader
6 hours ago
2025-5-14 3:15:15 PM UTC
2025-5-14 3:15:15 PM UTC
Greetings,
Does anyone know if a hardback version of The Tolkien Reader exists?
I borrowed a friends copy of this book a while back ago and ended up losing it :(. I can't seem to remember if the book was a paperback, hardback or library binding. She says that her copy was a hardback binding. I remember what the cover art looks like, but I am having a hard time finding a hardback version of this publishing. I am having a hard time finding even a picture of a hardback publication of this book and am starting to doubt if one exists.
So, I am hoping that someone on this forum might have any knowledge about this or can answer my question above. I will attach a photo of the cover art from the book I borrowed.
**Bonus points** - I have found real photos (not just stock images) of almost every publication of this book from 1966 to current via ebay listing and other sites. Most of them being published by Ballantine Books. The only one I can not find much information on is the "Bt Bound" library binding publication of this book. ISBN:9780808508748 (ISBN10: 0808508741). Does anyone have a version of this book or know if the library binding is of harder material?
Any help on this would be much appreciated! I would love to replace the book I lost with the exact version/publication.
Cheers!
Does anyone know if a hardback version of The Tolkien Reader exists?
I borrowed a friends copy of this book a while back ago and ended up losing it :(. I can't seem to remember if the book was a paperback, hardback or library binding. She says that her copy was a hardback binding. I remember what the cover art looks like, but I am having a hard time finding a hardback version of this publishing. I am having a hard time finding even a picture of a hardback publication of this book and am starting to doubt if one exists.
So, I am hoping that someone on this forum might have any knowledge about this or can answer my question above. I will attach a photo of the cover art from the book I borrowed.
**Bonus points** - I have found real photos (not just stock images) of almost every publication of this book from 1966 to current via ebay listing and other sites. Most of them being published by Ballantine Books. The only one I can not find much information on is the "Bt Bound" library binding publication of this book. ISBN:9780808508748 (ISBN10: 0808508741). Does anyone have a version of this book or know if the library binding is of harder material?
Any help on this would be much appreciated! I would love to replace the book I lost with the exact version/publication.
Cheers!
Thanks for the replies!
The cover art from both Tales from the Perilous Realm, Poems and Stories and The Del Rey publication of The Reader does not match what I borrowed. I also know the one I read had both The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil in it.
I'm sure it must have been some publication of The Tolkien Reader. I am wondering if there were any special publications of it for a box set or edition? Most of what I can pull up about editions of this book are that they were mostly paperback. With the exception of the Del Rey publication.
These two sites show the Original Publication (1966) with the title the book in an oval bubble top of cover. Another Publication from the 70's with the title written across the top (no oval drop). A 1970's-1980's Library binding of the book that has a yellow back drop. The Del Rey Publication. And a BT Bound library binding publication from 1999.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/edition ... the-tolkien-reader?page=3
https://books.infosec.exchange/book/62234/editions
Again, maybe the version of the book I'm thinking of never existed as a hardback or I have slipped into another reality, creating a Mandela Effect.
Here is a picture (Via someone's reddit post) showing some different variants of the book. The one I borrowed looked like the book that is circled. But this is a Ballantine Books publication with softback binding from the 80's(?). Curious if the BT Bound Library Binding exists or if the above sites are incorrect.
Cheers
The cover art from both Tales from the Perilous Realm, Poems and Stories and The Del Rey publication of The Reader does not match what I borrowed. I also know the one I read had both The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil in it.
I'm sure it must have been some publication of The Tolkien Reader. I am wondering if there were any special publications of it for a box set or edition? Most of what I can pull up about editions of this book are that they were mostly paperback. With the exception of the Del Rey publication.
These two sites show the Original Publication (1966) with the title the book in an oval bubble top of cover. Another Publication from the 70's with the title written across the top (no oval drop). A 1970's-1980's Library binding of the book that has a yellow back drop. The Del Rey Publication. And a BT Bound library binding publication from 1999.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/edition ... the-tolkien-reader?page=3
https://books.infosec.exchange/book/62234/editions
Again, maybe the version of the book I'm thinking of never existed as a hardback or I have slipped into another reality, creating a Mandela Effect.
Here is a picture (Via someone's reddit post) showing some different variants of the book. The one I borrowed looked like the book that is circled. But this is a Ballantine Books publication with softback binding from the 80's(?). Curious if the BT Bound Library Binding exists or if the above sites are incorrect.
Cheers
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