Encyclopedias, Chronologies, Literature Guides

A Guide to Middle-Earth

Robert Foster

1971 Hardcover, Mirage Press

1974 Paperback   ISBN : 034524138X

1978 Paperback   ISBN : 0345275470

The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

1978 Hardcover   ISBN : 0345275209

1979 Paperback   ISBN : 0345279751

1982 Paperback   ISBN : 034530974X

1983 Hardcover   ISBN : 051734002X

1985 Paperback   ISBN : 0345324366

2001 Paperback   ISBN : 0345449762

2003 Hardcover   ISBN : 0345465296

Illustrated by Ted Nasmith

2003 Hardcover   ISBN : 0007169426

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The Tolkien Companion / New Tolkien Companion / Complete Tolkien Companion

St. Martins Press,  J.E.A. Tyler (1943-2006)

1976 Hardcover   ISBN : 0312808151

1979 Hardcover   ISBN : 031257066X

2004 Hardcover   ISBN : 0312339127

Avon

1977 Softcover   ISBN : 0380009013

1979 Paperback   ISBN : 033025801X

1980 Paperback   ISBN : 0380469049

Random House Value

1988 Hardcover   ISBN : 0517279142

Gramercy

2000 Hardcover   ISBN : 0517146487

Thomas Dunne Books

2004 Hardcover   ISBN : 0312315457

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A Tolkien Bestiary

Ballantine,  David Day

1979 Hardcover   ISBN : 0345282833

1979 Softcover   ISBN : 0345282825

Random House Value (Crescent)

1990 Hardcover   ISBN : 0517473259

Gramercy

1995 Hardcover   ISBN : 0517120771

Chancellor Press

2001 Softcover   ISBN : 0753704595

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Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary

Thunder Bay Press (Canada)

2002 Softcover   ISBN : 1571458786
 

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Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia

Maxwell Macmillan,  David Day

1991 Hardcover   ISBN : 002533431X

Scribner Paper Fiction

1992 Softcover   ISBN : 002031275X

Fireside

1996 Softcover   ISBN : 0684839792

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A Reader's Guide to The Silmarillion

Houghton Mifflin, Paul H. Kocher

1980 Hardcover   ISBN : 0395289505

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Handbook :   A Concise Guide to His Life, Writings, and World of Middle-Earth

Baker Books, Colin Duriez

1992 Softcover   ISBN : 0801030145

2002 Softcover   ISBN : 0801030145

Tandem

2003 Lib. Binding   ISBN : 0613647386

HiddenSpring - different book, presenting much of the same material.

2001 Softcover   ISBN : 1587680173

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A Reader's Companion to the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

Quality Paperback Book Club

1995 Softcover   ASIN : N/A

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The QPB Companion to the Lord of the Rings

Quality Paperback Book Club

2001 Softcover   ASIN : 0965307883

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The Guide to Middle-Earth :  The Unauthorized Guide to the Work of J.R.R. Tolkien

HiddenSpring
Iain Lowson, Peter Mackenzie, Keith Marshall

2002 Softcover   ISBN : 1903111234

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Untangling Tolkien :   A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings

Inkling Books, Fifth Printing edition,  Michael W. Perry

2003 Softcover   ISBN : 1587420198

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The Lord of the Rings :   A Reader's Companion

Houghton Mifflin, Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull

2005 Hardcover   ISBN : 0618642676

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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia :
Scholarship and Critical Assessment

Routledge,  Michael D. C. Drout (Editor)

2006 Hardcover   ISBN : 0415969425

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J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide

Houghton Mifflin, Hardcover 2006, Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond

Two Volume Box Set  ISBN : 0618391134

Vol.1: Chronology   ISBN : 0618391029

Vol.2: Reader's Guide   ISBN : 0618391010

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The Atlas of Middle-Earth

Houghton Mifflin,  Karen Wynn Fonstad (1945-2005)

1981 Hardcover   ISBN : 0395286654

1991 Hardcover   ISBN : 0739422006

1992 Softcover   ISBN : 0395535166

2001 Softcover   ISBN : 0618126996

Easton Press Leatherbound

2002 Hardcover   ISBN : N/A

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The Journeys of Frodo

Ballantine,  Barbara Strachey

1981 Softcover   ISBN : 0345296338

Random House

1981 Hardcover   ISBN : 0394297237

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The Map of Tolkien's Middle-Earth

Eos,  Brian Sibley, Ill. John Howe

1995 Softcover   ISBN : 0061055069

There and Back Again : The Map of The Hobbit

1999 Softcover   ISBN : 0061055131

The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand
and the Lands to the North

Harper Collins

1999 Softcover   ISBN : 0261103725

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The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth

Houghton Mifflin,  Brian Sibley, Ill. John Howe
(includes the three above plus Numenor)

2003 Hardcover   ISBN : 061839110X

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Maps of Middle-Earth :
The Lord of the Rings (boxed set)

Decipher Inc.,   Daniel Reeve
(role playing game publisher;
book and 6 maps)

2002 Softcover   ISBN : 1582369607

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Maps of Middle-Earth :
Cities and Strongholds (boxed set)

Decipher Inc.,   Daniel Reeve
(role playing game publisher;
book and 6 maps)

2003 Softcover   ISBN : 1582369674

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