J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892 - 1973)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
Bibliography
The Return of the King (1981)
In part three of The Lord of the Rings, the final battle between the West and Sauron takes place as Bilbo nears the crack on Mount Doom.
Roverandom (1998)
A dog transformed into a toy has many adventures before he regains his own form.
The Silmarillion (1977)
In this prequel to The Lord of the Rings, we learn more about Middle Earth, elves and Sauron.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo (1975)
Three medieval stories translated by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Smith of Wooton Major (1967)
A fairy tale by the master. What happens when the smith’s son eats the fay-star at the Twenty-Four Feast of Good Children.
Tales from the Perilous Realm (2008)
An anthology containing Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wooton Major, Leaf by Niggle, and the essay ‘On Fairy-Stories’.
There and Back Again: A Map of Bilbo’s Journey Through Eriador and Rhovanion (1971)
A large scale map to accompany The Hobbit.
The Tolkien Reader (1966)
This collection includes The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son, Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
Tolkien’s Hobbit Postcards (1990)
A collection of twenty postcards depicting scenes from The Hobbit by various artists.
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Tolkien’s World (1992)
A group of artists contribute paintings that illustrate passages from J. R. R. Tolkien’s works.
Various
Tree and Leaf (1965)
J.R.R. Tolkien’s ideas on the writing of fairy stories and an example of one.
Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wooton Major, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth (1975)
This is a paperback edition of these writings by Tolkien.
The Two Towers (1954)
The members of the Fellowship of the Ring are scattered as the forces of Mordor and Isengard put forth their power.
The Two Towers (1999)
In volume two of The Lord of the Rings, the fellowship is sundered. Frodo, Sam and Gollum to Mordor, Merry and Pippin to Isengard and Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli to Rohan.
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth (1980)
A collection of material about J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of Middle-Earth.