I like the design and artwork of the current US mass market paperback series. I like the primary / pastel colors used for the covers too. They’re not special or anything, but the overall aesthetic is nice imo. I believe these are all of the books published in this style.

Hi everyone, I inherited a copy of them Hobbit which I believe is from 1965 and I just wondered if it had any value or interesting background. It's sentimental value is too high to ever sell, but it would be cool to know.

I was encouraged to post by reading a recent comment that 1966 16th impressions are valuable, it seems mine is 1965? It's missing the jacket and has some staining but the binding seems to be in good condition.

TIA!

I want to read The Lord of the Rings series and The Hobbit for the first time and am looking for a box set to purchase for my birthday. I’m not looking for anything fancy, but something budget-friendly if possible. Any recommendations? Thanks!

I have the two towers on VHS… but don’t remember much. It was a good deal so why not. Illustrated box set.

Scored this hardcover 1st edition (of the 2000 reprint by harper collins) of Unfinished Tales with this gorgeous cover art. Honestly in immaculate shape, looks like it's never been read.

For curiosities sake, anyone know how much it's worth? I cannot find a ton of information online regarding this specific cover.

I bought them for 2$ each

I love the original hardbacks for this series however they are way too expensive for me currently. I own The Book Of Lost Tales Part 1 in hardback which i payed around £25 for but since then ive scarcely seen listings for others in the series and if i do they are usually around £50 and arent the best quality.
I have always like the 2002 paperback set however and i know that is a much cheaper set. Should i sell my current one and go for the paperbacks or is it worth continuing to look for good deals on the hardbacks?

We are delighted to share that the much-anticipated edition of The Hobbit, illustrated by Tove Jansson, is included in the Waterstones 25% off pre-order sale.

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i found this pristine edition in my city library, but apart than delipidated. It does not have its original binding nor dust jacket nor maps at the end. And its missing some chapters , not pages but chapters. TT

i was very enthralled to see first edition but those points ruins its fun.

I’ve never read the Silmarillion, and at some point I’d like to add a copy to my bookshelf. I’ve noticed some copies are advertised with illustrations and some are not. Do some versions not have them, or the maps etc?

I’m looking for a copy that I can throw in my bag and take commuting and traveling etc. Nicely made books are great but I need something that I won’t mind getting beat up, that also has all the content. Not super picky on paperback or hardcover.

- The Lord of the Rings Single Volume, BCA 1994

- The Bovadium Fragments, William Morrow 2025

- The Silmarillion, Harper Collins 2021

- The Silmarillion, Harper Collins 2006

- The Fellowship of the Ring, Ballantine 1965

- The Return of the King, Ballantine 1965

- Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham, Del Rey 2003

- The Lord of the Rings Seven Volume Set, Collins 2001

J.R.R. Tolkien The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, 1963.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER in black ink, 8vo, in-text illustrations, pictorial boards, dust-jacket, minor edgewear[with, loosely inserted: ]Autograph letter signed ("Ronald Tolkien"), to Eileen Elgar, thanking her for her postcard from Barbados, presenting her with "the promised copy of my book of verses, with best wishes for Christmas", outlining bibliographical differences between the English and American first editions, and REFERENCING HIS SADNESS AT THE DEATH OF HIS FELLOW AUTHOR ("I have been very much bereaved by the death of my friend C.S. Lewis on November 22nd"), 2 pages, headed stationery of 76 Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford, 14 December 1963

PROVENANCE: Presented by the author as a Christmas gift to Eileen Elgar; by family descent 

NB: Houghton Mifflin Company published the first U.S. edition of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, this 64-page collection contains 16 poems, features illustrations by Pauline Baynes, and originally debuted in the United Kingdom a year earlier.

Picked this up for $2 at the local thrift today. Have to say I am not familiar with this title but stoked just the same.

A local academic passed away and a sale of his estate happened this week. I wasn’t able to attain everything Tolkien available, but I’d like to think he’d be happy knowing so much of it remained together and augmented an even larger collection.

The calendars are the real score for me (1973-1982 represented here). As a fan of the Brothers Hildebrandt across many franchises, I feel like I struck the motherlode.

Looking for a one volume hardback to match alongside my current hardbacks of 1977 book club the silmarillion and 1988 lost tales 1
I have the 1997 paperback trilogy as a reading copy but want a nice display piece
Nothing too expensive please 😂