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The Award Winning TolkienGuide.com^{https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2019/04 ... ty-awards-2019-announced/[1]} has been a source of expertise, consultations and measured opinions for twenty years, and our staff and members have been enjoying, studying and collecting the works of J.R.R. Tolkien for many decades before this site was founded.

We are happy to respond to enquiries from the press, auction houses, archives, universities, authors and scholars. Feel free to reach out to [email protected] at any time.

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Contact Staff Members Directly

Jeremy Edmonds - Urulókë and General Press Enquiries
Site owner - Send email to Urulókë


I started reading and collecting Tolkien books in the 1980s, had a five year stint as an independent rare book dealer, and launched TolkienGuide.com as a community for Tolkien scholars and collectors in 2006. A trustee with the Tolkien Society, currently residing in California.

Media appearances

• Radio interview on CJAD 800 (Montreal) about Christopher Tolkien, Jan 16 2020
  
• Interviewed for at the Tolkien Experience podcast, July 2020
  
• Keynote interview with Carl Hostetter, Oxonmoot 2021
  
• Prancing Pony Podcast Episode 224 – October 2021
  
• Interviewed at Today's Tolkien Times, May 2023
  
• Published in the Proceedings of the Tolkien 2019 Conference, 2025
  

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Andrew Ferguson - Trotter
Independent Tolkien Researcher, Collector and Tolkien Book dealer

Send email to Trotter

I started collecting J.R.R. Tolkien items in the 1980’s and have concentrated on the following

• UK first editions of all of Tolkien’s major works.
  
• All UK hardback impressions of the Hobbit from 1937 to 1992.
  
• Rare and limited UK Tolkien books.
  
• Signed Tolkien books, letters, and ephemera.
  

I have now retired and am dealing in Tolkien related items.

Media appearances

• Making of Mordor exhibition (September - December 2014) Wolverhampton Art Gallery
  
• Prancing Pony Podcast Episode 231 – December 2021
  
• Prancing Pony Podcast Episode 357 – January 2025
  
• Tolkien Collectors Guide YouTube channel - Meet Trotter
  
• Tolkien Talk Interviews #1
  
• Tolkien Talk Interviews #2
  
• Athrabeth Podcast - Episode 77 Interview with Andrew “Trotter” Ferguson
  
• BBC Radio Solent October 2025
  
• Times Radio December 2025
  

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Chad High - Mr. Underhill
Tolkien Collecting Expert. Tolkien Vlogger and Interviewer


Send email to Mr. Underhill

I have been seriously collecting Tolkien items for over fifteen years and have been a moderator at Tolkienguide.com for over five years. During that time I have amassed a collection of many hundreds of items. I can assist with most anything Tolkien related, whether that is collecting, lore, content creation or event planning.

Media Appearances

Nerd of The Rings YouTube Channel
The Prancing Pony Podcast
The Texas Tolkien Talk Podcast (Co-Host)
Tolkienguide.com YouTube Channel
Oxonmoot 2020, 2021, & 2023
Westmoot 2025

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Phil Walch - onthetrail
Interviewer, collector, and moderator at Tolkien Guide.^{I also assist researchers and academics as required and others looking for references and details connected to their papers, blogs, etc. Those who need assistance finding JRRT quotes are welcome to contact me for support.[2]}

I am not a collector in the traditional sense and focus more on Tolkien's primary texts from letters and excerpts found in various publications. Among the many projects we are currently working on, I am in the process of creating a new bibliography of Tolkien's works taking into account excerpts not generally noted elsewhere. With the the gentleman above I am one of the founders of our Guide to Tolkien's Letters where you will find a wealth of information about the letters J.R.R. Tolkien wrote and received in his life.

Away from Tolkien Guide I am an Officer for the Musical Trust of Paul Corfield Godfrey. Paul has produced a number of fully licensed operatic cycles to date and I work with both he and his producers from Volante Opera Productions. If you require material for marketing or comment on his work, feel free to contact me directly or through our boards here at Tolkien Guide.

Interview with Alan Sisto at Today's Tolkien Times

Send email to Phil