The U.S. Tolkien Guide | Stories, Poems and Letters

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	The Tolkien Reader Ballantine PBO First Edition 1966. At least 20 printings in this cover, fewer than 25. Contains The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. RRP $.95 1966 SBN: U-7038 1970 ISBN: 0345015363 / 9780345015365 1974 ISBN: 0345215362 / 9780345215369 1975 ISBN: 0345248317 / 9780345248312
	The Tolkien Reader Ballantine PB Second cover, 1976. Likely only 6 printings of this state. There appear to have been no printings in 1979 or 1980, which seems unlikely. Ballantine forgetting to update the copyright page seems quite likely. RRP $1.95 1976 ISBN-10: 0345255852 ISBN-13 9780345255853 1978 ISBN-10: 0345276817 ISBN-13 9780345276810
	The Tolkien Reader Ballantine PB 1981. Plus or minus 6 printings in as many years. RRP $2.50 ISBN-10: 0345298810 ISBN-13 9780345298812
	The Tolkien Reader Ballantine PB 1986. The cover did not significantly change for the next 15 years, and I stopped tracking the number of printings. ISBN-10: 0345345061 ISBN-13 9780345345066
	The Tolkien Reader Del Rey PB Reprint Edition 2002 (1986). Only the cover has changed. RRP $6.99 - $7.99 ISBN-10: 0345345061 ISBN-13 9780345345066
	The Tolkien Reader Del Rey PB Reprint Edition 2018. New cover to match all the other mass market paperbacks. The ISBN remained the same since 1986. RRP $8.99 ISBN-10: 0345345061 ISBN-13 9780345345066
	The Tolkien Reader Library Binding Edition, 1999 Econo-Clad or BT Bound. RRP $14.70 ISBN-10: 0808508741 ISBN-13 9780808508748
	The Tolkien Reader Perfection Learning Prebound Library Binding Edition, 2002. RRP $13.19 ISBN-10: 0756910722 ISBN-13 9780756910723

Poems and Stories

Houghton Mifflin, First U.S. edition 1994, Cloth hardcover with dust jacket. Two known printings. Contains The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham, and Smith of Wooton Major. RRP $24.95

ISBN-10: 0395689996 ISBN-13 9780395689998

	A Tolkien Miscellany Quality Paperback Book Club 2002. First edition. This title exclusive to Doubleday Book Club. Cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Contains Smith of Wooton Major, Farmer Giles of Ham, On Fairy Stories, Leaf by Niggle, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo. ISBN-10: 096546377X ISBN-13 9780965463775
	A Tolkien Miscellany Science Fiction Book Club 2002 Paper over boards with dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Gary Lippincott, illustrations by Pauline Baynes. First printings indicated on the copyright page. Second printings issued 2007. Sold through SFBC for $14.99 plus S&H; and through QPB for $17.99 plus S&H (memberships required). ISBN-10: 0739427369 ISBN-13 9780739427361

	Tales from the Perilous Realm Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2008 Hardcover in dust jacket, illustrated by Alan Lee. First U.S. edition. Contains : Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, Roverandom, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Out of print, RRP $28.00 ISBN-10: 0547154119 ISBN-13 : 9780547154114
	Tales from the Perilous Realm Easton Press 2006 Full leather fine binding, illustrated by Alan Lee. First U.S. edition. Contains : Introduction by Tom Shippey, Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, Roverandom, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, On Fairy-stories, Afterwood by Alan Lee. Currently available new at eastonpress.com, RRP $69 - $80 - $120 Publisher's number: 2308

Tolkien Fantasy Tales (Boxed Set)

Ballantine mass market paperback 2003
Titles : The Tolkien Reader, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (with Pearl and Sir Orfeo). Available new, RRP $26.47

ISBN-10: 0345466462 ISBN-13 9780345466464

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