The Tolkien Reader: A collection of fantastical short stories and essays on imagination and narrative. They opted to include the poem 'Mythopeoia' and also for theįirst time 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth'.The ultimate companion to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings-a four-book collection of stories, translations, and archival material by the master of fantasy Perfect for readers looking to dig deeper into Tolkien's writing, this four-book set includes everything from hard-to-find short writings and translations of medieval poems to the must-have companion to the beloved Lord of the Rings epic, The Silmarillion. Then it took untilĢ001 for another paperback edition, this time by Haper Collins paperbacks. Being reprinted at least one time by them. Similar paperback similar to this one was release by Grafton Paperbacks The 2nd Edition (including the poem Mythopoeia) was printed in 1988 asĪ hardback by Unwin Hyman and as a paperback by Unwin Paperbacks. Of cover there followed a 5th impression in 1971, a 6th impression inġ972, a 7th impression in 1972, an 8th impression in 1973, a 9th impression In 1966, a 3th impression in1968 and a 4th impression in 1970. The Unwin Books paperback edition also saw some reprints, a 2nd impression The first edition ended with a reset 10th impression in 1975 changing In 1972, an 8th impression in 1973 and a 9th impression in 1974. In 1970, a 5th impression in 1971, a 6th impression in 1972, a 7th impression Impressions in this format, namely a 3th impression in 1968, a 4th impression Impression issued in 1964 had been omitted. Impression was again called second impression in 1966 and the true 2nd Reprinted, but this reprint is not recorded in later impressions. On the same day as the Unwin Books paperback edition.

Originally published by George Allen and Unwin in 1964. Professor tolkien's now-famous essy on the form of the fairy story and the treatment of fantasy. An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere.Ī collection of verse in praise of Tom Bombadil, that staunch friend of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings.

The Tolkien Reader by J.R.R. Tolkien