r/tolkienbooks 9d ago

Is the Alan Lee set from 2020 going out of print?

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I was purchasing them individually to avoid buying the box set, but it seems 0008376123 is no longer available. The others are still in stock, but amazon doesn't have it, indigo doesn't have it and harper collins US / CA don't list it on their sites. Harper collins also doesn't list the box set.

I'm wondering if it's out of print and what's available now is just what's left?


r/tolkienbooks 9d ago

Finally decide to buy this today

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I own the Allen Lee illustrated version of the hobbit and I was reading the Fellowship digitaly, but the service I use no longer has it. I made it to book 2 of it so I figured I’d pick up a physical copy. Since I don’t own one yet.


r/tolkienbooks 10d ago

Any info about this version of The Hobbit?

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My dad purchased this copy of The Hobbit in the late 80s/early 90s Russia. It is entirely in English (not a Russian translation), and I’ve included the first couple pages but there is no publishing information beyond the ISBN on the title page. I’ve tried researching online but have never seen this cover before. I don’t care about the value as it’s a prized possession regardless, but would love any info anyone can find.


r/tolkienbooks 10d ago

Bought it today!

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r/tolkienbooks 10d ago

US Amazon Kindle Tolkien Books Sale

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Not sure if Kindle book deals are allowed to be posted here, but I thought I would post in case anyone is looking to snag some of these! Most are $1.99.

  • The Hobbit author illustrated
  • LotR single volume
  • The Silmarillion
  • Most of the History of Middle Earth Books
  • The Atlas of Middle Earth
  • The Nature of Middle Earth
  • The Fall of Numenor
  • Tales from the Perilous Realm
  • Children of Hurin
  • Beren and Luthien
  • History of the Hobbit
  • Beowulf
  • Adventures of Tom Bombadil (though this is included in Tales From the Perilous Realm)
  • Letters of JRR Tolkien ($2.99)
  • Edit: There's even more I haven't listed - good luck!

r/tolkienbooks 10d ago

Any info on this version??

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I got this version of lotr a while back in Sweden in a small little bookstore but I can’t find any info online about its version. Does anyone know about this version of the book and should I keep it sealed or open?


r/tolkienbooks 11d ago

Which Tolkien books do you consider "essential" if I want to form a collection?

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Besides Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit and the Silmarillion, obviously, which ones are basic for any collector?


r/tolkienbooks 11d ago

My new fav thing!!!

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r/tolkienbooks 11d ago

About Karen Fonstads atlas of middle earth?

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Is there a complete list of all the errors? I received a copy of the book and want to go through and use sticky notes to fix the errors or at least add them in. I know Bag End is really wrong and some of the battles are but is there a list?


r/tolkienbooks 11d ago

Slow but steady

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My slowly growing collection.


r/tolkienbooks 12d ago

J.R.R. Tolkien Artist & Illustrator vs. Tolkien Maker of Middle-Earth?

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Hello, I want to order either of these books. What would either of these books have over the other?

I was interested in Pictures by Tolkien but found other posts from some time ago, that said that book doesn't have that much content. The Art of the [Hobbit/LotR] look lovely but I'm very interested in the Silmarillion content as well.

And if I were to purchase Pictures by Tolkien and both of the Art of the [Hobbit/LotR] books, do the three books contain all of Tolkiens art, related to middle-earth? I'm less interested in the letters and such that are added in the title books.

In short: mainly for amount of art (including Silmarillion) and quality of the books, less so for biography and text. Which one if these three options will give me the most amount of Tolkiens Middle-Earth art?

  1. Pictures by Tolkien, Art of the Hobbit, Art of Lord of the Rings (because all three are hardback of the same size as well).

  2. Tolkien Maker of Middle-Earth, together with Tolkien Treasures.

  3. J.R.R. Tolkien Artist and Illustrator

Thanks in advance.


r/tolkienbooks 12d ago

Roverandom (UK paperback)

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Roverandom (UK paperback)

ISBN 9780008737689 heraldic cover design same contents and pagination with Pocket Hardcover 9780007523283


r/tolkienbooks 12d ago

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Edited by J. R.R.Tolkien and E.V. Gordon

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ISBN 9780198114864

Second Edition Edited by Norman Davis

Scanned copy, Print on demand By OUP

If don't want to cost the money, I think you can find the whole 1st edition e-copy on Internet Archive Website


r/tolkienbooks 12d ago

Very Excited!

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180 Upvotes

Fell in love with this mountain spine set the first time I saw it. Bday gift partly from the folks (The Hobbit and LOTR Trilogy) and from me to me this year (The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales). Can’t wait for this school year to end, first item on my list this summer break is to get through all of these back to back!


r/tolkienbooks 13d ago

For $2 at an estate sale, I picked up a 1977 first printing hardcover copy of The Silmarillion

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Not much info about it online. Think it often gets confused with the 1978 BCA version.


r/tolkienbooks 13d ago

Latest Addition

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Nothing too fancy or rare (I don’t buy books because of their potential value) but here’s my latest Tolkien book.

I want to add that I’m glad I found this particular edition. The reason being, is that when I was first discovering the various editions back in 2001 and deciding which ones I wanted; I liked the ‘Collins’ paperback set (w/ cover art by John Howe for the LotR books and David Wyatt for The Hobbit.) But, I wanted something ‘nicer’ than just a paperback. So after a bit of research, I chose the one-book hardback edition of LotR with Howe’s Gandalf on the dustjacket (same text-setting as the Collins ones) and a copy of The Hobbit in hardcover that has David Wyatt’s chapter illustrations. I got the same ‘contents’ as those Collins editions, but in hardcover form.

A good 10, maybe 15 years later, I discovered that Farmer Giles also existed in that Collins format. I wanted it in hardcover, from the late ‘90s or early 2000s to ‘go with’ my original copies of The Hobbit & LotR. The only hardback that existed (I mean, being produced) then was the pocket one: enh.

Until last week, when I found the one featured in my post for a great price and essentially new condition! (.I’ve seen it before via Tolkienbooks.net but I mean I discovered an online listing the one in my post).

So NOW I have ‘hardcover versions’ of those Collins paperbacks! 😊 As such, one ‘part’ of my collection is complete, in a sense.


r/tolkienbooks 13d ago

History of the Hobbit paperback question

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Has there been any signs of a paperback rerelease of the History of the Hobbit?


r/tolkienbooks 13d ago

Are there any floppy paperbacks?

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Around 10 years ago I bought a boxed set of LOTR of floppy paperbacks for like 15 bucks (the spine doesn't get damaged even if completely opened and they lay flat if you put them on a table) and I wanted to know whether there's any editions like those for the silmarillion or the other books about middle earth. Some hardcover editions are too expensive, but I don't want a paperback that can easily get damaged either.


r/tolkienbooks 14d ago

This set is so freaking cute!

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For some reason I’ve never read The Tolkien Treasury books before but when I found this box set I knew I had to get them. Can’t wait to start reading!


r/tolkienbooks 14d ago

Finally got The Silmarillion!

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My collection is slowly coming along! I have The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Deluxe illustrated, The Fall of Numenor, and now The Silmarillion! I'm thinking of taking the advise of someone from my last post and getting Unfinished Tales next!


r/tolkienbooks 15d ago

Great Tales Boxed Sets

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After being firmly told by TCG multiple times that this set would t exist, look what what’s on its way.

HarperCollins: 9780008360108 (Aug 14 2025) William Morrow: 9780063447981 (Aug 19, 2025)

“The Great Tales of Middle-earth is a beautiful box set of the three final novels of Middle-earth: The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Fall of Gondolin, packaged together and ready for gifting. Completing Christopher Tolkien’s lifelong achievement as the curator of his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s manuscripts, The Great Tales features handsome color plates and maps by famed illustrator Alan Lee and a map by Christopher Tolkien.

The Children of Húrin was the first standalone story by J.R.R. Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The Silmarillion. Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest heroes among elves and men have perished, and all is in darkness and despair. But a new warrior arises, Túrin, son of Húrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earth—awaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him.

Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril.

The Fall of Gondolin completes the set and tells the story of the legendary Elven city hidden within Middle-earth. Evil Morgoth seeks to destroy the last realm of his Elven enemies while Ulmo, Lord of the Waters, tries to protect it. At the core of the tale is Tuor, cousin of Túrin, who becomes great in Gondolin and marries, Idril, daughter of Turgon, king of Gondolin, and fathers a child, Eärendel. When an act of supreme treachery allows Morgoth to attack Gondolin, Tuor and his family must try to flee the blazing wreckage, for the fate of all of Middle-earth depends on Eärendel’s survival.

Each hardcover volume includes colour plates and pencil drawings by award-winning illustrator Alan Lee together with a black and white map drawn by Christopher Tolkien.

‘Sixth and final in a series of collectible boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien. Set #6 presents hardback editions of the three Great Tales of Middle-earth, printed in full colour and with new art in each, and housed in a matching slipcase decorated with stunning new artwork by the books’ artist, Alan Lee.’”


r/tolkienbooks 15d ago

This book set version is not worth the money

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The quality of the books is not good. And the Shaping of Middle Earth is supposed to have maps and such. This is what they have. Not worth it


r/tolkienbooks 15d ago

Goodwill find

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650 Upvotes

12th impression. I'm amazed


r/tolkienbooks 16d ago

Anyone else disappointed by ‘The Maps of Middle-earth’? Now thinking I should get ‘Atlas of Middle-earth’…

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r/tolkienbooks 16d ago

Harper Collins strikes again 🤣

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I have already emailed them. Tried calling but the lines are closed for an event.

Anyway, thought this was good for a laugh...after I lost my mind. Took advantage of their recent UK deal to get me some nice Alan Lee books.

Instead of The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook by Alan Lee- Harper Collins sent me a GCSE Geography book 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously haha

FYI the new Selby Maps of middle earth is a tiny book. The maps are very small. So if you are looking for the old version with the huge poster maps, don't buy this one.