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The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth deluxe Edition - Availability

6 February (edited)
2026-2-6 3:08:15 PM UTC

[Edit: Apologies if this post should be in Collectors Marketplace forum ... please move if needed]

Im trying to source a copy of this edition of the Complete Guide to Middle-Earth (link below).

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The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: Deluxe (UK, Illustrated, HB)

Foster, Robert
9780008537821
HarperCollins (2022-10-13)

£100.00 HarperCollins (Hardback) - Availability: Click to check
$120.17 Amazon.com (Hardcover) - Availability: LEADTIME
£144.72 Amazon.co.uk (Hardcover) - Availability: IN_STOCK_SCARCE
€132.70 Amazon.de (Gebundene Ausgabe) - Availability: LEADTIME
$101.59 AbeBooks - Availability: Click to check
$104.91 eBay US - Availability: Click to check
£104.91 eBay UK - Availability: Click to check


Its proving harder than imagined to find a new copy, from a reputable source.

The TolkienGuide link above gives a couple of eBay links which link through to an Australian distributor (Im based in the UK), but the feedback for those sellers is awful with customers citing orders never received after months of waiting and money taken so ruling those out.

The usual suspects of Blackwells, Harper Collins, Amazon are all saying out of stock with no due sate that they will get any more in.

Has anyone ever purchased from AbeBooks? If anyone has is it a reliable seller? UK based but seems to source the book from CitiRetail which I cant find directly.

Hadn't imagined this one would be so difficult to find and would appreciate it if someone knows of a possible seller or if the above AbeBooks is reliable enough.

Thanks in advance
6 February
2026-2-6 3:43:43 PM UTC
I've used AbeBooks many times, but never a specific seller. I don't like Blackwells. They always have a higher price than most.

I prefer AwesomeBooks or Kenny's.ie

Good luck! These books are pretty popular I'm sure they'll come back in stock soon.
6 February
2026-2-6 3:57:45 PM UTC
Thanks for the reply!

I had checked kennys (no luck) and having see your reply just checked Awesome books (again no luck).

Hopefully it will come back into stock otherwise I'll be paying through the nose for it judging by AbeBooks price !
6 February
2026-2-6 4:32:57 PM UTC
Apparently available on amazon.fr :

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/0008537828?tag=lexibrium-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

...and shipped by seller based in the UK (?)
6 February
2026-2-6 4:34:46 PM UTC

Emilien wrote:

Apparently available on amazon.fr :

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/0008537828?tag=lexibrium-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

...and shipped by seller based in the UK (?)

It states it is unavailable when I look at the listing.
6 February
2026-2-6 4:38:28 PM UTC
Probably just temporarily out of print. The other two in this series (Unfinished Tales and Silmarillion) appear to still be in print and available.
6 February
2026-2-6 4:58:58 PM UTC

Trotter wrote:

Emilien wrote:

Apparently available on amazon.fr :

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/0008537828?tag=lexibrium-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

...and shipped by seller based in the UK (?)

It states it is unavailable when I look at the listing.

Strange... Maybe a IP issue?


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6 February (edited)
2026-2-6 4:59:05 PM UTC

6 February
2026-2-6 5:04:24 PM UTC
If you change the delivery location to the UK, it is unavailable.
6 February
2026-2-6 9:43:48 PM UTC
It is also unavailable on Swedish Amazon.se, listed as temporarily out of stock on Adlibris as well as Akademibokhandeln.

My biggest book fear (except fire, water and pests) is having a great book on my to-buy list for a long time, not prioritizing it and it being out of stock for good. Yes, it is FOMO and I am weak. No excuses and no apologies.

I would lean towards it being reprinted.

(I will also anxiously browse my list to see if I can purchase one of the ones that has been on the list for a very long time.)
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