Title: Foreword (The Lord of the Rings)
Title Record # 717189
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
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Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: This is the foreword to the second edition of The Lord of the Rings, with Tolkien's comments on the varied reaction to his work, his motivation for writing the work, and his opinion of allegory. The source for the publicaton date is Wikipedia's Tolkien bibliography page.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Lord of the Rings | 1968-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823087-1 | 30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
1077 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1968-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823087-1 | 30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
1077 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1969-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823091-X | 1077 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | ||
The Fellowship of the Ring | 1971-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Methuen | 0-458-90750-2 | C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
423 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
The Lord of the Rings | 1971-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823087-1 | £1.75?£: UK pound |
1077 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1972-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823087-1 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
1077 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1972-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823087-1 | £2.10?£: UK pound |
1077 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1973-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823087-1 | £2.10?£: UK pound |
1077 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1976-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | George Allen & Unwin | 0-04-823087-1 | £3.95?£: UK pound |
1077 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Pauline Baynes | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1983-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Unwin | 0-04-823229-7 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
1193 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Roger Garland | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1990-09-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Unwin Hyman | 0-04-823091-X | £50.00?£: UK pound |
1193 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | J. R. R. Tolkien | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1991-08-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Grafton | 0-261-10243-5 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
1193 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Roger Garland | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1991-09-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-261-10230-3 | £30.00?£: UK pound |
1193 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Alan Lee | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1992-01-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Grafton | 0-261-10243-5 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
1193 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | John Howe | |
The Lord of the Rings | 1996-11-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-261-10341-5 | £40.00?£: UK pound |
1195 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Alan Lee | |
Taru sormusten herrasta | 2001-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö?Werner Soederstroem Osakeyhtioe Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio |
951-0-13208-X | 981 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Heikki Kalliomaa | ||
The Fellowship of the Ring | 2002-00-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins | 0-00-714921-2 | $10.99?$: US dollar |
xx+ 545 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
The Lord of the Rings | 2003-07-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-34399-7 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 1137 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Christopher Moisan | |
The Fellowship of the Ring | 2012-08-30 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-748831-5 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xxiii+ 407+ [8] |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | New Line Productions | |
The Lord of the Rings | 2013-10-29 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-0-544-27344-3 | $30.00?$: US dollar |
1216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | ||
The Lord of the Rings | 2014-06-19 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-752554-6 | £60.00?£: UK pound |
1344 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
The Fellowship of the Ring | date unknown | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-748831-5 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xxiii+ 407+ [8] |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | New Line Productions | |
The Lord of the Rings | date unknown | J. R. R. Tolkien | Grafton | 0-261-10243-5 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
1193 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | John Howe | |
The Lord of the Rings | date unknown | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-261-10230-3 | £45.00?£: UK pound |
1193 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Alan Lee | |
The Lord of the Rings | date unknown | J. R. R. Tolkien | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-12902-2 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
vxiii1137 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | ||
The Lord of the Rings | date unknown | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-261-10230-3 | £40.00?£: UK pound |
1193 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Alan Lee | |
The Lord of the Rings | date unknown | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-261-10230-3 | £45.00?£: UK pound |
1193 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Alan Lee |