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J.R.R._Tolkien catalogue

Date produced 29 May 2008


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564256 Sibley, Brian & Tolkien, J.R.R. 6.50 GB pounds
THE LORD OF THE RINGS OFFICIAL MOVIE GUIDE 1st ed 2001 Fine/C/w Card wraps. Colour photos from the film. Published by: Harper Collins
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584493 Strachey, Barbara & Tolkien, J.R.R. 7.50 GB pounds
JOURNEYS OF FRODO AN ATLAS OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS 1st ed 1998 Mint/None Oblong format. An Atlas of 51 maps charting the epic journey that Frodo and his companions undertake in Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction. Oblong format, glazed pictorial boards. Maps in red and black. Published by: Harper Collins
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587496 Tolkien, J.R.R. & Parry-Williams, T.H. & Jackson, Kenneth & Charles, B.G. & Chadwick, Nora K. & Rees, William 95.00 GB pounds
ANGLES AND BRITONS 1st ed 1963 Nr F/VG The O'Donnell lectures established to elucidate the Celtic elements in the population, language and rural customs of England. English and Welsh by Tolkien; English-Welsh Loan-words by Parry-Williams; Angles and Britons in Northumbria and Cumbria by Jackson; the Welsh, their Language and Place-Names in Archenfield and Oswestry by Charles; the British or Celtic Part in the Population of England by Chadwick; Survivals of Ancient Celtic Custom in Medieval England by Rees. Wrapper has chipped corners and a few foxspots. Published by: University of Wales

803776 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Baynes, Pauline 32.00 GB pounds
BILBO'S LAST SONG (AT THE GREY HAVENS) 1st ed thus 1990 Fine/Fine The Last Song was composed just before Bilbo took ship to the West in the Lord Of The Rings. Beautifully illustrated in full colour on every page. Green glazed pictorial boards. A few marks to wrapper. Published by: Unwin Hyman

570696 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Baynes, Pauline 12.00 GB pounds
FARMER GILES OF HAM 1972 VG-/Good Beige boards with dark blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Faint mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Wrapper browned, chipped at edges with tape repairs to verso and slight loss on front panel. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. & Houghton Mifflin Company

590512 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Baynes, Pauline 12.00 GB pounds
FARMER GILES OF HAM 1969 Fine/VG Beige boards with dark blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Wrapper very slightly edge-chipped. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. & Houghton Mifflin Company
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555897 Tolkien, J.R.R. & Tolkien, Baillie Ill. by Tolkien, J.R.R. 12.50 GB pounds
LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS 1st ed 1995 Nr F/None Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. With real pull-out letters. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. One inserted picture folded twice but all letters present and complete. Some grubby marks to pages. Published by: Collins Children's Books

991346 Tolkien, J.R.R. & Tolkien, Baillie Ill. by Tolkien, J.R.R. 12.00 GB pounds
LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS 1st ed 1995 Nr F/None Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. With real pull-out letters. Colour illustrations. All the letters are present and complete. Published by: Collins Children's Books
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590948 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Baynes, Pauline 24.00 GB pounds
SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR 1968 VG+/None Small format. Black pictorial boards with white borders and spine and pink decoration. B/w illustrations. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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590509 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Baynes, Pauline 50.00 GB pounds
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL 1968 Nr F/VG A book no devotee of The Hobbit can afford to miss... a selection of verses which are masterpieces of technical skill. Attractive colour pictorial boards. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. Wrapper has a few small closed edge-tears. Published by: George Allen & Unwin
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584593 Tolkien, J.R.R. 110.00 GB pounds
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 1960 Nr F/VG The first in the trilogy of The Lord Of The Rings. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Folding map at rear of book. Wrapper browned with stain to front and small mark to rear. 8th impression of the first edition. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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693125 Tolkien, J.R.R. 110.00 GB pounds
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 1967 VG/VG The first in the trilogy of The Lord Of The Rings. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Folding map at rear of book. 2nd edition, 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents near fine. Map in fine condition. Grey wrapper with "eye" design to front is rubbed at edges, slightly grubby to rear with small nicks at corners. A nice bright copy. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

587102 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Lee, Alan 24.00 GB pounds
THE HOBBIT 1st ed thus 1997 Fine/Nr F Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette of dragon to front cover. A great modern classic and the prelude to 'The Lord of the Rings'. An old security sticker has been stuck on the rear pastedown. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased and rubbed. Published by: Harper Collins
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588793 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Lee, Alan 20.00 GB pounds
THE HOBBIT c 1997 Fine/Fine Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette of dragon to front cover. A great modern classic and the prelude to 'The Lord of the Rings'. Pictorial wrapper has very light edge-creasing. Published by: Harper Collins
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579866 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Tolkien, J.R.R. 55.00 GB pounds
THE HOBBIT 4th 1978 VG+/VG 4th edition. 5 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Very base of spine very lightly bumped. A couple of marks to outer page edges and a couple of margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is a bit creased, with a couple of chips. Published by: George Allen & Unwin
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991263 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Howe, John 22.00 GB pounds
THE HOBBIT 1st ed 1999 Mint/None A superb pop-up book, with 5 pop-up scenes and movable parts. Full colour throughout. Text cleverly hidden on pull out cards between the pop-ups. Glazed pictorial boards. All pop-ups in excellent working order. Published by: Harper Collins
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581192 Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Tolkien, J.R.R. 22.00 GB pounds
THE HOBBIT 1990 Fine/Fine 4th anniversary edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. 4th edition, 7th impression. Price cut pictorial wrapper. A lovely bright copy. Published by: Unwin Hyman
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556885 Tolkien, J.R.R. 450.00 GB pounds
THE LORD OF THE RINGS - 3 VOLUMES 2nd 1966 VG/VG- The timeless classic. By an extraordinary feat of the imagination Tolkien has created and maintained in every detail a new mythology in an invented world. Red cloth, folding map at rear of each book. Top edges red. All three volumes are first impressions of the second revised edition. Spines slightly bumped with rubbing at edges. Corners slightly rubbed with slightly discolouration to lower corner of vol 1. Map in vol 2 has 0.5" tear where it joins the book. Otherwise contents of all volumes are near fine and look unread. Grey wrappers with eye and ring design are rubbed at edges, slightly grubby to rear with small edge-nicks mainly at corners. A very nice set of the revised edition. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

583049 Tolkien, J.R.R. 200.00 GB pounds
THE LORD OF THE RINGS - 3 VOLUMES 1971 Nr F/VG+ The timeless classic. By an extraordinary feat of the imagination Tolkien has created and maintained in every detail a new mythology in an invented world. Red cloth, folding map at rear of each book. Top edges red. All volumes are 6th impression of the 2nd edition. ISBNS - Vol I: 0048230456; Vol II: 0048230464; Vol III: 0048230472. Corners slightly rubbed. Maps complete. Wrappers are price-clipped with very lightly rubbed corners. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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586963 Tolkien, J.R.R. 16.00 GB pounds
THE RETURN OF THE KING 1974 Nr F/Nr F Second Edition, revised. Being the third part of the Lord of the Rings. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Top of text block red. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased. 8th impression. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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624370 Tolkien, J.R.R. 50.00 GB pounds
THE RETURN OF THE KING 1967 VG/VG Second Edition, revised. Being the third part of the Lord of the Rings. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Top of text block red. A few pale marks to covers. Contents clean. Grey pictorial wrapper has small closed tear to top of spine, lightly nicked at corners and a little grubby to rear. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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698034 Tolkien, J.R.R. 880.00 GB pounds
THE RETURN OF THE KING 1st ed 1955 VG/VG Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Folding map to rear of book. 1st edition, 1st impression, 1st state. Has No. '4' on lower margin of page 49 and text printed slightly crooked on page. Top and tail of spine lightly bumped. Newspaper cutting of 'Bilbo Baggins' blue tacked to front pastedown. Endpapers have tape residue marks. Map is complete, nearly untouched. Pictorial wrapper is very lightly edge-creased with minute chipping to top and tail of spine. Also very slightly grubby. An overall excellent copy of a scarce book! Published by: George Allen & Unwin
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987362 Tolkien, J.R.R. & Swann, Donald 40.00 GB pounds
THE ROAD GOES EVER ON 1969 Fine/Nr F A Song Cycle with music by Donald Swann, Poems and Elvish Script decorations by Tolkien. Large format. Cream boards, red titles. Dustwrapper: price clipped. 2nd impression. Published by: George Allen & Unwin
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586920 Tolkien, J.R.R. 18.50 GB pounds
THE SILMARILLION 1st ed 1977 Fine/Nr F Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Published posthumously although the origins of the book stretch back 60 years long before the Hobbit! The story of the First Age in Tolkien's world. Pictorial wrapper is ever so slightly faded to spine and has a couple of small edge-nicks. Published by: George Allen & Unwin
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591749 Tolkien, J.R.R. & Tolkien, Christopher Ill. by Lee, Alan 10.00 GB pounds
THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN OF HURIN 1st ed 2007 Mint/Mint Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Colour illustrations. A tale of Middle-Earth. Published by: Harper Collins
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586919 Tolkien, J.R.R. 24.00 GB pounds
THE TWO TOWERS 1974 VG+/VG+ Being The Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Second Edition Revised. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and folding map to rear. 352 pages. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased and rubbed to corners. Published by: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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590954 Tolkien, J.R.R. 6.00 GB pounds
TREE AND LEAF 1970 Nr F/C/w Containing essays by Tolkien "On Fairy-stories and Leaf by Niggle". Written in the period 1938-1939 when the Lord of the Rings was beginning to unfold itself. Pictorial card wraps. Published by: Unwin Books
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581695 Tyler, J.E.A. & Tolkien, J.R.R. Ill. by Reilly, Kevin 10.00 GB pounds
THE TOLKIEN COMPANION 1st ed 1976 VG/VG+ Every known fact, name, foreign word, date and etymological allusion occurring in Tolkien's history of the Middle Earth. There is also a detailed guide to the various Elvish writing systems together with maps, charts and genealogical tables. B/w decorations by Reilly. Some ink annotation including some useful page number references. Some annotations covered by white typing fluid. Published by: MacMillan
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587176 Wheeler, R.E.M. & Wheeler, T.V. & Tolkien, J.R.R. 600.00 GB pounds
REPORT ON THE EXCAVATION OF THE PREHISTORIC, ROMAN AND POST-ROMAN SITE IN LYDNEY PARK GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1st ed 1932 Nr F/None Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Large folding plans. Colour frontis. Includes article by Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on the name 'Nodens'. First blank page has very pale foxing. Previous owner's name in pencil on front pastedown. Otherwise a fine copy. Published by: The Society of Antiquaries