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BOOKS BY JR.R. TOLKIEN |
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BOOKS BY JR.R. TOLKIEN |
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FARMER GILES OF HAM Houghton Mifflin, 50th Anniversary hardcover ISBN: 0618009361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In addition to the various anthologies in which this wonderful story can be found, it is also available on its own in a rather splendid 50th Anniversary Edition, which could almost be thought of as the annotated Farmer Giles. Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, this hardcover edition features Scull and Hammond's introduction, an earlier draft of the story, Tolkien's attempts at a sequel, and more than 150 annotations appended at the end of the volume. Another aspect of this edition is Pauline Baynes' delightful illustrations (including a few full page, two-color plates) which were highly favored by Tolkien. Baynes also drew a map of The Little Kingdom specially for this edition. The cover is green cloth with a dragon design stamped in gold on the front cover. Superb edition. The story "Farmer Giles of Ham" can also be found in The Tolkien Reader, Tales From the Perilous Realm, and Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham. |
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SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR and FARMER GILES OF HAM Ballantine/Del Rey paperback ISBN: 0345336062 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A compact volume containing just the
two stories,
"Smith of Wootton Major" and "Farmer Giles of Ham." Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. The story "Smith of Wootton Major" can also be
found in Tales From the Perilous Realm. "Farmer Giles of Ham"
can also be found in Tales From the Perilous Realm, The Tolkien
Reader, and in its own
50th Anniversary Edition.
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THE TOLKIEN READER Ballantine/Del Rey paperback ISBN: 0345345061 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballantine/Del Rey's omnibus collection of three
of Tolkien's short stories, a collection of poetry, and his essay on fantasy.
The stories include "Farmer Giles of Ham," "Leaf By Niggle" (the second
item in the pair collected under the heading
Tree and Leaf which
includes the essay, "On Fairy Stories"), and "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth,
Beorhthelm's Son," a short, medieval style play based on the Battle of
Malden. Also included is "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil," a collection
of verse from The Red Book. Tolkien's preface to "Adventures" analyzes
the "origins" of the poems. Providing an introduction to the book
is Peter S. Beagle's commentary, "Tolkien's Magic Ring."
"Farmer Giles," "Leaf By Niggle," and "Tom Bombadil" can also be found in Tales From the Perilous Realm. "On Fairy-Stories" can also be found in Tree and Leaf, and The Monsters & The Critics. "Beorhtnoth" can also be found in the new edition of Tree and Leaf. |
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THE FANTASY TALES OF JRR TOLKIEN Ballantine/Del Rey IBSN: 0345466462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballantine/Del Rey boxed set containing The Tolkien Reader,
The
Silmarillion (2nd ed.),
Unfinished Tales, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. |
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TALES FROM THE PERILOUS REALM HarperCollins paperback ISBN 0261103431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In his essay "On Fairy-Stories," Tolkien described Faërie as a perilous land. This is HarperCollins' omnibus collection of Tolkien's shorter works. 
This collection includes "Smith of Wootton Major," "Farmer Giles of Ham,"
"Leaf By Niggle,"
and the poetry collection, "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil." Paperback. "Farmer Giles," "Leaf by Niggle," and "Tom Bombadil"
can also be found
Also available is this A-format
edition which can be ordered through Amazon.uk -->
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN: ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR Houghton Mifflin oversized paperback ISBN: 0618083618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indispensible collection of Tolkien's own artwork, accompanied by insightful commentary by editors Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. This book features over 200 examples of his illustrations, drawings, paintings, caligraphy, and designs. More than half of the illustrations have never before been published. For anyone who has ever admired Tolkien's artwork as often featured on the covers of many of his books, this volume is absolutely essential. Highly recommended. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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THE
MAPS OF TOLKIEN'S MIDDLE-EARTH by Brian Sibley and John Howe
Houghton Mifflin hardcover boxed set ISBN: 061839110X |
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Set of four beautifully drawn maps of Tolkien's world: Wilderland, Middle-earth, Beleriand, and Numenór, all drawn by John Howe. The book by Brian Sibley explains each of the maps in detail, discusses the importance of geography in Tolkien's world, and relates the stories of how Tolkien created his maps and prepared them for publication. The book is illustrated in color and black-and-white by John Howe, and also includes a gazetteer that describes every place name shown on the maps. The maps are folded and held inside a hardcover folder. The folder and book are placed inside a sturdy slipcase. The front panel of the slipcase is cut with a round hole that allows the artwork on the book to show through, as if looking out of the front door of Bag-End. |
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THE MONSTERS & THE CRITICS and Other Essays by J.R.R.TOLKIEN HarperCollins paperback ISBN: 026110263X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection of seven of Tolkien's early essays, all but one of which are actually lectures, delivered at special occasions. These range from the early lecture on inventing languages, given in 1931, to the Valedictory Address given at Oxford in 1959. Contents include: Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, On Translating Beowulf, Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, On Fairy-Stories, English and Welsh, A Secret Vice, and Valedictory Address To The University of Oxford. This book can also be ordered from Amazon.co.uk : 0-261-10263-X "On Fairy-Stories" can also be found in The Tolkien Reader and
Tree
and Leaf.
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BEOWULF AND THE CRITICS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies hardcover ISBN: 0866982906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is the recently published lecture manuscript edited by Michael
D. C. Drout of Wheaton College. Published by Arizona State University's
Medieval
and Renaissance Texts and Studies. The following is an excerpt
from the publisher's blurb:
The most important essay in the history of Beowulf scholarship, J.R.R. Tolkien's "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" has, rightly, been much studied and discussed. But scholars of both Beowulf and Tolkien have to this point been unaware that Tolkien's essay was a redaction of a much longer and more substantial work, Beowulf and the Critics, which Tolkien wrote in the 1930s and probably delivered as a series of Oxford lectures. |
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BILBO'S LAST SONG Houghton Mifflin hardcover ISBN 0-375-82373-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attractive hardcover edition of Tolkien's poem, "Bilbo's Last Song," which he gave to his assistant Joy Hill. While the texual content of this book is scant, consisting merely of a single poem, the book is more of a tribute to the artwork of Pauline Baynes, whose work Tolkien greatly admired. Still the theme of the illustrations is, of course, Tolkien's world. The illustrations depict scenes inspired by "The Grey Havens" (final chapter of LR) and The Hobbit. |
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SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT | PEARL | SIR ORFEO Ballantine/Del Rey paperback ISBN 0345277600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The collection of Tolkien's translations of classic Middle English poems from the West Midlands of England. Consists of "Sir Gawain And The Green Knight," "Pearl," and "Sir Orfeo." With a preface and an introduction compiled by Christopher Tolkien based mostly on J.R.R. Tolkien's notes and radio commentary. Also included is a glossary of Middle English, an appendix on The Verse-Forms of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight and Pearl, and a few translated stanzas of Middle English verse which Tolkien called "Gawain's Leave-Taking." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Oxford University, paperback ISBN 0198114869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the early 1920s, Tolkien and E.V. Gordon, a lecturer at the English Deparment at Leeds University, decided to compile a new edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, believing that there were none in print that were suitable for university students. Tolkien's contribution was the text and glossary, while Gordon provided most of the notes. This is not a translation, but an edition of the original Middle English text. Edited by J.R.R Tolkien and E.V. Gordon Oxford, 1925 Second edition revised by Norman Davis, 1967 |
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THR ROAD GOES EVER ON HaperCollins, hardcover, 2002, Third Edition ISBN 0007136552 (links to Amazon.UK) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tolkien's poems set to music by Donald Swann. Originally published in 1968, this is the Third Edition which added a setting of the Song of Beren and Luthien, plus a CD of performances of the songs (originally released on vinyl in 1968). A setting of "Bilbo's Last Song" was added with The Second Edition in 1978. The CD includes both of these additional songs which were not on the vinyl record. The Road Goes Ever On also includes Tolkien's own notes, translation, glossaries, and comments on the Elvish texts, as well as several Elvish scripts including a facsimile of his orignal manuscript of Namárië. The book is also copiously decorated with Tengwar characters in Tolkien's own caligraphy. |
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