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A Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of
J.R.R. Tolkien
compiled by ke Bertenstam
The aim of the chronological bibliography given below is to give a complete record of Professor
J.R.R. Tolkien's published writings: books, contributions to books, and contributions to
periodicals. Some exceptions have had to be made to this stated intent, mainly for practical
reasons. Thus the categories given below have been excluded.
Letters. Apart from Letters itself only the few letters to editors of publications that were
published during Tolkien's lifetime have been listed (see the letters published in The
Observer, Catholic Herald, Triode, and Daily Telegraph). For a record of Tolkien's
published letters, in whole or in extract, I refer to Hammond 1993, section Dii,
supplemented by further notes in The Tolkien Collector (see for example no. 6, 1993, p.
26 concerning a letter about Tolkien's views about Esperanto).
Illustrations and art. Only Pictures and Wayne Hammond & Christina Scull: J.R.R.
Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator have been given, the latter on the strength that apart from
reproducing a large number of Tolkien's pictures it also quotes some unpublished writings
such as an essay on dragons. This means that all calendars, postcards, posters etc. have
been omitted. For information about these I again refer to Hammond 1993, section E.
Manuscript pages and miscellaneous writings. In recent years there have
appeared several articles giving facsimiles of manuscript pages and/or quotes from
unpublished texts, especially in linguistic studies. These have not been recorded below,
except in cases when the full text of a manuscript has been given, such as in the case of
"Narqelion" . Some of these can be found in Hammond 1993, section F, supplemented by
notes in The Tolkien Collector.
Reprints. Generally speaking only the first appearance of a work has been noted. I have,
however, reported when revised versions of a text have been published as well as cases
when a reprint is far more easily found than the first printing. Collections of Tolkien's texts
have been listed, however, even in the cases when they consist entirely of writings
published previously, but not other anthologies. For information concerning reissues, new
editions etc. I refer to my own Tolkien bibliography (see Jnsson 1983) and supplements
to it (see Jnsson 1986, Bertenstam 1988, 1990 and 1994), published in the annual Arda.
Lastly it might be noted that, even if exact publishing dates for the vast majority of the
publications listed below can be ascertained (largely through information taken from Hammond
1993), I have preferred to give the works in alphabetical order within each year rather than in
chronological order.
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1910
1. "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S., vol.
25, no. 183 (November 1910), pp. 68-71.
Unsigned.
2. "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S., vol.
25, no. 184 (December 1910), pp. 94-95.
Unsigned.
1911
3. "Acta Senatus". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S., vol. 26, no. 186
(March 1911), pp. 26-27.
Unsigned report in Latin.
4. "The Battle of the Eastern Fields". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S.,
vol. 26, no. 186 (March 1911), pp. 22-26.
Poem. Reprinted in Mallorn, no. 12 (197 8), pp. 24-28.
5. "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S., vol.
26, no. 185 (February 1911), pp. 5-9.
Unsigned.
6. "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S., vol.
26, no. 187 (June 1911), pp. 42-45.
Unsigned.
7. "Editorial". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S., vol. 26, no. 187 (June
1911), pp. [33]-34.
Unsigned.
8. "Editorial". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S., vol. 26, no. 188 (July
1911), pp. [53]-54.
Unsigned.
1913
9. "From the many-willow'd margin of the immemorial Thames". In The Stapeldon
Magazine, Oxford, vol. 4, no. 20 (December 1913), p. 11.
Signed J.
1915
10. "Goblin Feet". In Oxford Poetry 1915. Edited by G.D.H.C[ole] and T.W. E[arp]. Oxford:
Blackwell. 71, [1] pp.
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The poem is printed on pp. 64-65. It was later reprinted in The Annotated Hobbit, p. 7 7 (revised and
expanded edition: p. 113).
1918
11. [Prefatory note]. In Smith, Geoffrey Bache. A Spring Harvest. London: Erskine
Macdonald, [June or July] 1918. 77, [1] pp.
The note, signed J.R.R.T., appears on p. [7 ].
1920
12. "The Happy Mariners". In The Stapeldon Magazine, Oxford, vol. 5, no. 26 (June 1920),
pp. 69-70.
Poem, signed J.R.R.T. Reprinted as "Tha Eadigan Saelidan: The Happy Mariners" in A Northern Venture,
pp 27 3-27 4 and in The Book of Lost Tales, part II, pp. 27 3-27 4 under the original title. In the latter a
later version is also given (pp. 27 5-27 6).
1922
13. "The Clerke's Compleinte". In The Gryphon, Leeds, N.S., vol. 4, no. 3 (December 1922), p.
95.
A poem written in Middle English, signed N.N.
14. A Middle English Vocabulary. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, [11 May] 1922. 168 pp.
This vocabulary supplements Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose (1921), edited by Kenneth Sisam,
and has also been issued as part of that book.
1923
15. "The Cat and the Fiddle: A Nursery Rhyme Undone and its Scandalous Secret Unlocked".
In Yorkshire Poetry, Leeds, vol. 2, no. 19 (October-November 1923), pp. [1]-[3].
Poem. Reprinted in The Return of the Shadow, pp. 145-147 . Revised version printed in The Lord of the
Rings, Book One, Chapter 9 and as "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon" in The Adventures of
Tom Bombadil.
The subtitle refers to the fact that the poem is based on a (seemingly) nonsensical nursery rhyme,
which Tolkien has "explained" by putting its disjointed lines into a context:
Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such sport
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
16. "The City of the Gods". In Microcosm, Leeds, vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring 1923), p. 8.
Poem, reprinted in The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. p. 136.
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17. "Enigmata Saxonica Nuper Inventa Duo". In A Northern Venture: Verses by Members of
the University of Leeds University English School Association. Leeds: At the Swan Press,
[June] 1923. [6], 25, [1] pp.
Two riddles written in Old English, appears on p. 20.
Reprinted in the revised and expanded edition of The Annotated Hobbit, p. 124 together with
translations into modern English on pp. 124-125.
18. "Henry Bradley: 3 Dec., 1845-23 May, 1923". In Bulletin of the Modern Humanities
Research Association, London, no. 20 (October 1923), pp. 4-5.
Obituary signed J.R.R.T. that ends in a 13-line poem written in Old English.
19. "Holy Maidenhood". In The Times Literary Supplement, London, no. 1110 (April 26,
1923), p. 281.
A unsigned review of Hali Meidenhad, edited by F.J. Furnivall (Early English Text Society, Original
series; 18).
20. "Imonna Gold Galdre Bewunden". In The Gryphon, Leeds, N.S., vol. 4, no. 4 (January
1923), p. 130.
The poem was later reprinted in The Annotated Hobbit, pp. 288-289 (revised and expanded edition:
pp. 335-337 ). Later revised and printed in Oxford Magazine as "The Hoard" in The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil.
21. "Why the Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon". In A Northern Venture: Verses by
Members of the University of Leeds University English School Association. Leeds: At the
Swan Press, [June] 1923. [6], 25, [1] pp.
The poem appears on pp. 17 -19. Reprinted in The Book of Lost Tales, Part I, pp. 204-206. A revised
version was printed as "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon" in The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil.
1924
22. "An Evening in Tavrobel". In Leeds University Verse 1914-1924. Leeds: At the Swan
Press, 1924. [6], 25, [1] pp.
The poem appears on p. 56.
23. "The Lonely Isle". In Leeds University Verse 1914-1924. Leeds: At the Swan Press, 1924.
[6], 25, [1] pp.
The poem appears on p. 57 . Reprinted in Garth, p. 145.
24. "Philology: General Works". In The Year's Work in English Studies, London, vol. 4 (1923),
pr. 1924, pp. [20]-37.
Review essay.
25. "The Princess Ni". In Leeds University Verse 1914-1924. Leeds: At the Swan Press, 1924.
[6], 25, [1] pp.
The poem appears on p. 58. A revised version was printed as "Princess Mee" in The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil.
1925
26. "The Devil's Coach-Horses". The Review of English Studies, London, vol. 1, no. 3 (July
1925), pp. 331-336.
Essay.
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27. "Light as Leaf on Lindentree". In The Gryphon, N.S., vol. 6, no. 6 (June 1925), p. 217.
Poem. Reprinted in The Lays of Beleriand, pp. 108-111 as a poem inserted into "The Lay of the Children
of Hrin" and with its introductory lines in alliterative verse printed on p. 120. A revised version is to
be found in The Lord of the Rings, Book One, Chapter 11.
28. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Edited by J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon. London:
Oxford University Press, [23 April] 1925. Pp. [iii]-xxvii, [i], 211, [1] pp., [2] plates.
Revised edition, edited by Norman Davis: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, [October] 1967 . xxvii, [i],
232 pp., [2] plates.
29. "Some Contributions to Middle-English Lexicography". In The Review of English Studies,
London, vol. 1, no. 2 (April 1925), pp. 210-215.
Essay.
1926
30. "Philology: General Works". In The Year's Work in English Studies, London, vol. 5 (1924),
pr. 1926, pp. [26]-65.
Review essay.
1927
31. "Adventures in Unnatural History and Medieval Metres: being The Freaks of Fisiologus".
(i): "Fastitocalon". In Stapeldon Magazine, Oxford, vol. 7, no. 40 (June 1927), pp. 123-
125.
Poem, signed Fisiologus. Printed in a revised version as "Fastitocalon" in The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil.
32. "Adventures in Unnatural History and Medieval Metres: being The Freaks of Fisiologus".
(ii): "Iumbo, or, Ye Kind of Ye Oliphaunt". In Stapeldon Magazine, Oxford, vol. 7, no. 40
(June 1927), pp. 125-127.
Poem, signed Fisiologus. Despite its title this poem bears almost no resemblance to the one recited by
Sam in The Lord of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter 3 and reprinted as "Oliphaunt" in The Adventures of
Tom Bombadil.
33. "The Nameless Land". In Realities: An Anthology of Verse. Edited by G.S. Tancred.
Leeds: At the Swan Press, 1927. 31 pp.
The poem appears on pp. 24-25. Reprinted in The Lost Road, pp. 98-100 (with later versions entitled
"The Song of lfwine" given on pp. 100-103).
34. "Philology: General Works". In The Year's Work in English Studies, London, vol. 6 (1925),
pr. 1927, pp. [32]-66.
Review essay.
35. "Tinfang Warble". In Inter-university Magazine, Oxford, 1927.
Poem. Tolkien referred to this publication as 'I.U.M.', but has been presumed by John A. Garth (2003,
p. 327 ) to be the Inter-university Magazine, the journal of the Federation of University Catholic
Societies.
Reprinted in The Book of Lost Tales, p. 108.
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1928
36. "Foreword". In Haigh, Walter E., A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield
District. London: Oxford University Press, [12 January] 1928. xxix, 163, [5] pp.
The foreword appears on pp. [xiii]-xviii.
1929
37. "Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meihad". In Essays and Studies by members of the English
Association, Oxford, vol. 14 (1929), pp. [104]-126.
Essay.
1930
38. "The Oxford English School". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol. 48, no. 21 (May 29th,
1930), pp. 778-782.
Essay.
1931
39. "Progress in Bimble Town (Devoted to the Mayor and Corporation)". In The Oxford
Magazine, Oxford, vol. 50, no. 1 (October 15th, 1931), p. 22.
Poem, signed K. Bagpuize. It was later reprinted in The Annotated Hobbit, p. 212 (revised and
expanded edition: p. 254).
1932
40. Appendix I: "The Name 'Nodens'". In Report on the Excavation of the Prehistoric,
Roman, and Post-Roman Site in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire. By R.E.M. Wheeler and
T.V. Wheeler. Oxford: Printed at the University Press for The Society of Antiquaries,
[July] 1932. Pp. [iii]-viii, 137, [2] pp., [42] plates. (Reports of the Research Committee of
the Society of Antiquaries of London; 9)
Essay, printed on pp. 132-137 .
41. "A Philologist on Esperanto". In British Esperantist, May 1932.
Extracts from a letter written to the secretary of the Education Committee of the British Esperanto
Association. The full text of the letter is given on pp. 35-36 of Arden R. Smith and Patrick Wynne,
"Tolkien and Esperanto" (in Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Wheaton, Ill., vol. 17 (2000),
pp. 27 -46).
42. "Sigelwara Land". [1]. In Medium Aevum, Oxford, vol. 1, no. 3 (December 1932), pp.
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[183]-196.
Essay.
1933
43. "Errantry". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol. 52, no. 5 (November 9th, 1933), p. 180.
Poem. Reprinted in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
Concerning its complicated textual history and gradual development into "The Lay of Erendil" (The
Lord of the Rings, Book Two, Chapter 1) see The Treason of Isengard, Chapter V: "Bilbo's Song at
Rivendell: Errantry and Erendillinw", pp. 81-109.
1934
44. "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol. 52, no. 13
(February 13th, 1934), pp. 464-465.
Poem. Reprinted in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
45. "Chaucer as a Philologist". In Transactions of the Philological Society, London, 1934, pp.
[1]-70.
Essay, read before the society in 1931. (Its reading is reported in the "Annual Report for 1931" in the
Transactions for 1931/32. It was read on 16th May 1931 in Oxford and presented under the title
"Chaucer's Use of Dialects").
46. "Firiel". In The Chronicle of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton, 4 (1934), pp.
30-32, ill.
Poem. Printed in a revised version as "The Last Ship" in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
47. "Looney". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol. 52, no. 9 (January 18th, 1934), p. 340.
Poem. Printed in a revised version as "The Sea-Bell" in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
48. "Sigelwara Land (Continued from I 196)". In Medium Aevum, Oxford, vol. 3, no. 2 (June
1934), pp. [95]-111.
Essay, continuation of "Sigelwara Land, [1]" above.
1936
49. "Bagme Bloma". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others.
London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, 1936. iv, 32
pp.
Poem in Gothic, printed on p. 12. Reprinted, together with a prose translation ("Flower of the Trees") in
Shippey (1982, pp. 227 -228; 1992, pp. 303-304).
50. "adig Bo u!" In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others.
London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, 1936. iv, 32
pp.
Poem in Old English, printed on p. 13. Reprinted, together with a prose translation ("Good Luck to You")
in Shippey (1982, pp. 228-229; 1992, pp. 304-305).
51. "Frenchmen Froth". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon &
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others. London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College,
1936. iv, 32 pp.
Poem, printed on pp. 24-25.
52. "From One to Five". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon &
others. London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College,
1936. iv, 32 pp.
Poem, printed on pp. 6.
53. "I Sat upon a Bench". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon &
others. London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College,
1936. iv, 32 pp.
Poem, printed on p. 17 .
54. "Ides lfscne". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others.
London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, 1936. iv, 32
pp.
Poem in Old English, printed on pp. 10-11. Reprinted, together with a prose translation ("Elf-fair Lady")
in Shippey (1982, pp. 229-231; 1992, pp. 306-307 ).
55. "La Hru". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others. London:
Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, 1936. iv, 32 pp.
Poem, printed on p. 16.
56. "'Lit' and 'Lang'". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others.
London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, 1936. iv, 32
pp.
Poem, printed on p. 27 .
57. "Natura Apis: Morali Ricardi Eremite". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien,
E.V. Gordon & others. London: Privately printed in the Department of English at
University College, 1936. iv, 32 pp.
Poem, printed on p. 18.
58. "Ofer Wdne Grsecg". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon &
others. London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College,
1936. iv, 32 pp.
Poem in Old English, printed on pp. 14-15. Reprinted, together with a prose translation ("Across the
Broad Ocean") in Shippey (1982, pp. 231-233; 1992, pp. 308-309).
59. "The Root of the Boot". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon &
others. London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College,
1936. iv, 32 pp.
Poem, printed on pp. 20-21. Reprinted in The Annotated Hobbit, p. 45 (revised and expanded edition:
pp. 7 4-7 5) and in The Return of the Shadow, p. 143 (slightly corrected). Later revised and printed in
The Lord of the Rings, Book One, Chapter 12 and as "The Stone Troll" in The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil.
60. "Ruddoc Hana". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others.
London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, 1936. iv, 32
pp.
Poem in Old English, a rendering of "Who Killed Cock Robin", printed on pp. 8-9.
61. "Syx Mynet". In Songs for the Philologists. By J.R.R. Tolkien, E.V. Gordon & others.
London: Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, 1936. iv, 32
pp.
Poem in Old English, a rendering of "I Love Sixpence", printed on p. 7 .
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1937
62. Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics. London: Humphrey Milford, [1 July] 1937. 56 pp.
Also issued in the Proceedings of the British Academy (vol. 22, 1936, pr. 1937 , pp. [245]-295).
This essay is a revised version of a much longer work, Beowulf and the Critics.
63. "The Dragon's Visit". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol. 55, no. 14 (February 4th,
1937), p. 342.
Poem. Reprinted in the revised and expanded edition of The Annotated Hobbit, pp. 309-311.
Reprinted in a revised version in Winter's Tales for Children.
64. The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again. London: George Allen & Unwin, [21 September]
1937. 312 pp., [1] plate.
Revised editions: The second edition appeared in 1951 and the third in 1966. Further corrections have
been made in later editions.
An annotated edition was published on 28th October 1988: The Annotated Hobbit. Introduction and
notes by Douglas A. Anderson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. x, [i], 335, [1] pp. (ISBN 0-395-
47 690-9).
A revised edition of this was published in 2002: Annotated by Douglas A. Anderson. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company. xii, [i], 398, [1] pp, [8] pp. of colour plates (ISBN 0-618-1347 0-0). This revised
edition contains two previously unpublished poems: "Elvish Song in Rivendell" and "Glip".
J.R.R. Tolkien's own recording of the second edition version of Chapter V: "Riddles in the Dark" was
released on J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings his The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring (New York:
Caedmon Records, 197 5, TC 147 7 ).
65. "Iumonna Gold Galdre Bewunden". In Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol. 55, no. 15 (4 March
1937), p. 473.
Revised version of a poem earlier published in The Gryphon. This poem was later further revised and
printed as "The Hoard" in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
66. "Knocking at the Door: Lines induced by sensations when waiting for answer at the door of
an Exalted Academic Person". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol. 55, no. 13 (February
18th, 1937), p. 403.
Poem. Reprinted as "The Mewlips" in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
1938
67. [Letter to the editor]. The Observer, London, 20 February 1938, p. 9.
Reply to a letter by "Habit" (idem, 16 January 1938). Printed in Letters, no. 25.
1939
68. The Reeve's Tale: version prepared for recitation at the 'summer diversions'. Oxford,
1939. 14 pp.
1940
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69. "Prefatory Remarks on Prose Translation of Beowulf". In Beowulf and the Finnesburg
Fragment. A Translation into Modern English Prose by John R. Clark Hall. New ed.,
completely revised, with notes and an Introduction by C.L. Wrenn, [and] with Prefatory
Remarks by J.R.R. Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, [16 July] 1940. xlii pp., pp.
[11]-187.
Essay, printed on pp. [viii]-xli.
1944
70. Sir Orfeo. Oxford: The Academic Copying Office, 1944, [ii], 18 pp.
Edition of a Middle English poem. Tolkien's translation of it was later published in Sir Gawain, the Green
Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo.
1945
71. "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun". In The Welsh Review, Cardiff, vol. 4, no. 4 (December
1945), pp. [254]-266.
Poem.
72. "Leaf by Niggle". In Dublin Review, London, 432 (January 1945), pp. 46-61.
Short story. Later reprinted in Tree and Leaf.
73. "The Name Coventry". In Catholic Herald, London, 23 February 1945, p. 2.
Letter to the editor, written in response to a query by 'H.D.' concerning the etymology of Coventry.
1946
74. "Research v. literature". In The Sunday Times, London, April 14, 1946.
Review of E.K. Chambers, English literature at the close of the Middle Ages.
1947
75. "Ilen in Sawles Warde". S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne, J.R.R. Tolkien. In English Studies,
Amsterdam, vol. 27, no. 6 (December 1947), pp. 168-170.
Essay.
76. "On Fairy-Stories". In Essays presented to Charles Williams. Contributors: Dorothy
Sayers, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, A. O. Barfield, Gervase Mathew, W. H. Lewis. London:
Oxford University Press, [December] 1947. xiv, [i], 145, [1] pp.
Essay, printed on pp. [38]-89. Printed in revised version in Tree and Leaf.
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1948
77. "MS Bodley 34: A re-collation of a collation". S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne and J.R.R. Tolkien. In
Studia Neophilologica, Uppsala, vol. 20, no. 1/2 (1947/48, pr. 1948), pp. [65]-72.
Essay. Comments to Ragnar Furuskog: "A Collation of the Katherine Group (MS Bodley 34)" (idem, vol.
19, no. 1/2 (1946/47 , pr. 1946), pp. [119]-166).
1949
78. Farmer Giles of Ham: Aegidii Ahenobarbi Julii Agricole de Hammo, Domini de Domito,
Aule Draconarie Comitis, Regni Minimi Regis et Basilei mira facinora et mirablis exortus,
or in the vulgar tongue, The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of
Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom. Embellished by Pauline
Baynes. London: George Allen & Unwin, [October] 1949. 78, [1] pp., [2] plates.
The 50th anniversary of the publishing of this book was celebrated with a new edition, edited by
Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond: London: HarperCollinsPublishers, [October] 1999. [6], xii pp.,
pp. 7 -127 , 2 plates. (ISBN 0-261-1037 7 -6). In this new edition the first manuscript version of Farmer
Giles of Ham is given as well the fragmentary sequel to the story.
1953
79. "Form and Purpose". In Pearl. Edited by E.V. Gordon. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, [11
June] 1953. lx, 186 pp., [1] plate.
This text, appearing on pp. xi-xix, forms part of the introduction (pp. [ix]-lii).
Reprinted as part III of the Introduction to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo (pp.
18-23).
80. "A Fourteenth-Century Romance". In Radio Times, London, 4 December 1953, p. 9.
Article written in connection with the performance of Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight.
81. "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son". In Essays and Studies by members
of the English Association, London, N.S., vol. 6 (1953), pp. [1]-18.
Consists of three parts: "Beorhtnoth's Death" (essay), "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's
Son" (dramatic dialogue in rhyming verse), and "Ofermod" (essay).
Reprinted in The Tolkien Reader, Tree and Leaf; Smith of Wootton Major; The Homecoming of
Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son, Poems and Stories and Tree and Leaf; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth,
Beorhthelm's Son.
It has also been published separately: Pinner: Anglo-Saxon Books, 1991. 28 pp. (A limited edition of
300 numbered copies published to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Maldon.)
Tolkien made a recording of the poem, which has never been commercially released, but copies of it on
cassette tapes were given by the Tolkien Estate to the participants of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary
Conference, held in Oxford in August 1992.
82. "Middle English 'Losenger': Sketch of an etymological and semantic enquiry". In Essais de
philologie moderne (1951): Communications prsentes au Congrs International de
Philologie Moderne, runi Lige du 10 au 13 septembre 1951, l'occasion du LX
e
Anniversaire des Sections de Philologie germanique et de Philologie romane de la
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Facult de Philosophie et Lettres de l'Universit de Lige. Paris: Les Belles Lettres,
[before 13 October] 1953. ii, 252, 18 pp. (Bibliothque de la Facult de Philologie et Lettres
de l'Universit de Lige; fasc. 129)
Tolkien's essay appears on pp. [63]-7 6.
1954
83. The Lord of the Rings.
1. The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings. London:
George Allen & Unwin, [29 July] 1954. 423 pp.
2. The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings. London: George
Allen & Unwin, [11 November] 1954. Pp. [3]-352 pp.
3. The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings. London:
George Allen & Unwin, [20 October] 1955. Pp. [5]-416 pp.
Revised editions: New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. A further revised edition was published by Allen &
Unwin in 1966. Further corrections were made in later British editions. A try to amalgamate all the
changes in British editions together with some corrections that only appeared in the Ballantine edition
was made in the American edition of 1987 (Boston, Md.: Houghton Mifflin Co.) A British edition of this,
further revised, was published in 1994 (London: HarperCollinsPublishers).
J.R.R. Tolkien recorded readings of selected passages from The Lord of the Rings. These were released
on the grammophone records J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings his The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the
Ring and on J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings his The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers/The Return of
the King (New York: Caedmon Records, 197 5, TC 147 7 and TC 147 8).
1955
84. "Imram". With two illustrations by Robert Gibbings. In Time and Tide, London, 3
December 1955, p. 1561.
Poem. Reprinted in Sauron Defeated, pp. 296-299 (an earlier version, part of The Notion Club Papers
and entitled "The Death of St. Brendan" is printed on pp. 295-296).
85. "Preface". In The Ancrene Riwle (The Corpus MS.: Ancrene Wisse). Translated into
Modern English by M.B. Salu. With an Introduction by Dom Gerard Sitwell, O.S.B., and a
Preface by J.R.R. Tolkien. London: Burns & Oates, [November] 1955. xxviii, 196 pp.
The preface is printed on p. v.
1958
86. "Prefatory Note". In The Old English Apollonius of Tyre. Edited by Peter Goolden.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1958. [2], xxxvi, [2], 74, [2] pp.
The note appears on p. [iii].
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1960
87. [Letter to the editor]. Triode, Manchester, England, no. 18 (May 1960), p. 27.
Comments to Arthur R. Weir, "No Monroe in Lothlorien!" (idem, no. 17 (January 1960), pp. 31-33).
1962
88. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. London: George
Allen & Unwin, [22 November] 1962. 63, [1] pp.
Contains 16 poems. Six of these were read by J.R.R. Tolkien on Poems and Songs of Middle Earth (New
York: Caedmon Records, 1967 , TC 1231). (Cf. The Road Goes Ever On.)
89. Ancrene Wisse: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle: Ancrene Wisse. Edited from MS.
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 402 by J.R.R. Tolkien. With an Introduction by N.R.
Ker. London: Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press,
[7 December] 1962. xviii, 222, [1] pp. (Early English Text Society; 249)
1963
90. "English and Welsh". In Angles and Britons: O'Donnell Lectures. Cardiff: University of
Cardiff Press, [8 July] 1963. [8], 168 pp.
Essay, printed on pp. [1]-41.
1964
91. Tree and Leaf. London: Unwin Books, [28 May] 1964. 92 pp.
Reprints of "On Fairy-Stories" (revised version of the text published in Essays Presented to Charles
Williams) and "Leaf by Niggle".
The second edition, issued by Unwin Hyman on 25th August 1988 (101 pp.; ISBN 0-04-440254-6) also
contains the poem "Mythopoeia". See also Tree and Leaf; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth,
Beorhthelm's Son.
1965
92. "The Dragon's Visit". In Winters' Tales for Children. Edited by Caroline Willier. Illustrated
by Hugh Marshall. London: Macmillan, [October] 1965. vii, [i], 200 pp.
The poem appears on p. [84]. An earlier version appeared in 1937 . Reprinted in The Annotated Hobbit,
pp. 262-263 (revised and expanded edition: the two last stanzas of the revised version are quoted on p.
312 while the whole of the earlier version is given on pp. 309-311).
93. "Once Upon a Time". In Winters' Tales for Children. Edited by Caroline Willier. Illustrated
by Hugh Marshall. London: Macmillan, [October] 1965. vii, [i], 200 pp.
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The poem appears on p. 56.
1966
94. "Tolkien on Tolkien". In Diplomat, New York, vol. 18, no. 197 (October 1966), p. 39.
Article with autobiographical elements.
95. The Tolkien Reader. New York: Ballantine Books, September 1966. xvi, 24, 84 pp., pp.
[87]-112, [5]-[79], [5]-[64] [=286 pp.]
Collection. Contains reprints of "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son", Tree and Leaf,
Farmer Giles of Ham, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
The book was reset in 197 8 (29th impression, xviii, 251 pp., ISBN 0-345-27 681-7 ).
1967
96. "For W.H.A.". In Shenandoah, Lexington, Va., vol. 18, no. 2 (Winter 1967), pp. [96]-[97].
Poem dedicated to W.H. Auden. It appears in two versions: In Old English (signed Ragnald
Hrdmding) and in English (signed J.R.R.T.)
97. The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle. Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. Music by Donald
Swann. With decorations by J.R.R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [31
October] 1967. ix, 67, [1] pp.
Music for six poems from The Lord of the Rings ("The Road Goes Ever on", "Upon the Hearth the Fire is
Red", "In the Willow-meads of Tasarinan", "In Western Lands", "Namri", "I Sit beside the Fire", "A
Elbereth Gilthoniel") and one from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil ("Errantry") together with notes
on and translations of "A Elbereth Gilthoniel" and "Namri".
A recording of the music, with William Elvin as vocalist, appeared under the title Poems and Songs of
Middle Earth (New York: Caedmon Records, 1967 , TC 1231). This record also contains readings from
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Second edition: London: George Allen & Unwin, [October] 197 8. ix, 7 5, [1] pp. (ISBN 0-04-7 84011-0).
In the revised edition a setting of "Bilbo's Last Song (at the Grey Havens)" has been added.
Third edition: [Edited by Leon Berger.] HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002. xi, 84 pp., 1 CD record. (ISBN
0-00-7 13655-2). In the third edition a setting of "Lthien Tinviel" (from The Silmarillion) has been
added. The accompanying CD record contains the musical recordings from Poems and Songs of Middle
Earth as well as recordings of the songs added to the second and third editions.
98. Smith of Wootton Major. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. London: George Allen & Unwin,
[9 November] 1967. 61, [1] pp.
1969
99. Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. Illustrations by Pauline Diana Baynes.
New York: Ballantine Books, March 1969. 156 pp.
Collection. Contains reprints of Smith of Wootton Major, and Farmer Giles of Ham.
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1971
100. [One-paragraph statement]. In Attacks of Taste. Compiled and edited by Evelyn B. Byrne
& Otto M. Penzler. New York: Gotham Book Mart, [25 December] 1971. [4], xii, 63, [2] pp.
According to Hammond 1993 (B29) a collection of statements by authors on the books they loved
while teenagers. Tolkien's statement appears on p. 43.
1972
101. "Beautiful Place because Trees are Loved". In Daily Telegraph, London, 4 July 1972, p. 16.
Letter to the editor in response to an editorial ("Forestry and Us", idem, 29 June 197 2, p. 18). Printed in
Letters as no. 339.
1974
102. Bilbo's Last Song (At the Grey Havens). London: George Allen & Unwin, [26 November]
1974.
Poster. 60 40 cm. New edition: London: Unwin Hyman, 1990. 32 pp. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
(ISBN 0-04-4407 28-9).
1975
103. Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. London: Unwin Books, [30
October] 1975. 144 pp.
ISBN 0-04-823125-8
Collection with illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Contains reprints of Farmer Giles of Ham, and The
Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
104. "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings". In A Tolkien Compass. Edited by Jared
Lobdell. La Salle, Ill.: Open Court, 1975. [v], 201 pp.
ISBN 0-87548-316-X (hbk.)
ISBN 0-87548-303-8 (pbk.)
Tolkien's text, revised for publication by Christopher Tolkien, appears on pp. [155]-201.
105. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo. Translated by J.R.R. Tolkien.
London: George Allen & Unwin, [September] 1975. Pp. [3]-146, [1] pp.
ISBN 0-04-821035-8
106. Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's
Son". London: Unwin Books, [30 October] 1975. 175 pp.
ISBN 0-04-820015-8
Collection. Contains reprints of Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major (with Pauline Baynes's
illustrations), and "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son".
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1976
107. The Father Christmas Letters. Edited by Baillie Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin,
[2 September] 1976. [48] pp.
ISBN 0-04-823130-4
The Father Christmas Letters appears in four versions of which the edition of 1999 is the fullest. The
"mini" book edition published in 1994 omits all letters from 1931 to 1936. The two latest editions are
entitled Letters from Father Christmas.
The version published in 1995 omits much of the text from the 197 6 edition even if it has some features
not present in the original edition such as facsimiles of letters and envelopes, as well as a few previously
unpublished illustrations. Finally the edition in 1999 publishes the full text of all of the letters as well as
several letters not included at all in the original edition from 197 6.
Later editions:
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994. 3 vols. ([96] pp.) (ISBN 0-261-10317 -2).
Letters from Father Christmas. London: CollinsChildren'sBooks, [November?] 1995. [44] pp., [10]
envelopes, [10] loose plates in envelopes. (ISBN 0-00-137 463-X)
Letters from Father Christmas. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1999. 157 pp. (ISBN 0-261-10385-7 )
1977
108. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, [15
September] 1977. Pp. [3]-365 pp.
ISBN 0-04-823139-8
109. [Various writings]. In Carpenter, Humphrey, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. London:
George Allen & Unwin, [5 May ] 1977. [11], 287 pp., [8] plates.
ISBN 0-04-928037-6
Among writings not appearing elsewhere might be mentioned a limerick in Nevbosh (p. 36), quotes
from the poem "Woodsunshine" (p. 47 ), six lines quoted from "The Fall of Arthur" (p. 168), and a poem
about The Lord of the Rings (p. 223). For a detailed list of the texts quoted see Hammond 1993, pp.
328-330.
1978
110. [Various writings]. In Carpenter, Humphrey, The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien,
Charles Williams, and their friends. London: George Allen & Unwin, [October] 1978. Pp.
[iii]-xiv, [i], 287 pp., [8] plates.
ISBN 0-04-809011-5
Among writings not appearing elsewhere might be mentioned a poem about Charles Williams ('Our dear
Charles Williams many guises show...'), pp. 123-126, a brief poem about the Inklings in Old English
('Hwt! we Inclinga...'), p. 17 6, and clerihews about R.E. Havard, Owen Barfield (p. 17 7 ), Mathew
Gervase (p. 186), and Charles Williams (p. 187 ). For a detailed list of the texts quoted see Hammond
1993, pp. 335-337 .
1979
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111. Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien. Foreword and Notes by Christopher Tolkien. London: George
Allen & Unwin, [1 November] 1979. [103] pp.
ISBN 0-04-741003-5
Revised edition: London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. [103] pp. (ISBN 0-261-10258-3).
Apart from this book and other books with illustrations by Tolkien (The Hobbit, The Father Christmas
Letters, and Mr. Bliss) there are two other important souces for reproductions of Tolkien's illustrations
namely Priestman and Hammond and Scull 1995.
112. "Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford, 5 June 1959". In J.R.R. Tolkien,
Scholar and Storyteller: Essays in Memoriam. Edited by Mary Salu and Robert T.
Farrell. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [31 March] 1979. 325, [3] pp.
ISBN 0-8014-1038-X
Essay, printed on pp. 16-32. A slightly different version of the essay appears in The Monsters and the
Critics and Other Essays.
1980
113. Poems and Stories. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. London: George Allen & Unwin, [29
May] 1980. 342 pp.
ISBN 0-04-823174-6
Collection. Contains reprints of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth,
Beorhthelm's Son", Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham, and Smith of Wootton Major.
114. Unfinished Tales of Nmenor and of Middle-earth. Edited with introduction,
commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, [2
October] 1980. [7], 172 pp., [1] plate.
ISBN 0-04-823179-7
1981
115. Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Selection. Edited by Humphrey Carpenter, with the
assistance of Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, [20 August] 1981. [5],
463 pp., [1] plate.
ISBN 0-04-826005-3
Even though translations lie beyond the scope of the present bibliography it may be noted that the full
text of Tolkien's letter to Milton Waldman (no. 131, pp. 143-161) has been printed in a French
translation: "Lettre Milton Waldman: L'horizon de la Terre du Milieu". Traduit de l'anglais par Michal
Devaux. In Confrence, Meaux, no. 12 (printemps 2001), pp. [7 07 ]-7 56 (the letter appears on pp.
[7 14]-7 56 with notes by the translator).
See also J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters to Rhona Beare.
116. The Old English Exodus. Text, translation, and commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien. Edited by
Joan Turville-Petre. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1981 [Published 28 January 1982].
x, 85 pp.
ISBN 0-19-811177-0
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1982
117. Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode. Edited by Alan Bliss. London: George
Allen & Unwin, 1982 [Published 20 January 1983]. xii, 180 pp.
ISBN 0-04-829003-3
118. Mr. Bliss. London: George Allen & Unwin, [20 September] 1982. [103] pp.
ISBN 0-04-823215-7
Facsimile of Tolkien's manuscript with colour illustrations and facing printed text.
1983
119. The Book of Lost Tales. Part I. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen &
Unwin, [27 October] 1983. [5], 297 pp., [1] plate. (The History of Middle-earth; 1)
ISBN 0-04-823238-6
120. The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London:
George Allen & Unwin, [3 March] 1983. [5], 240 pp.
ISBN 0-04-809019-0
Collection. Contains the following essays: "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics", "On Translating
Beowulf", "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", "On Fairy-Stories", "English and Welsh", "A Secret Vice", and
"Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford".
121. Smith of Wootton Major and Leaf by Niggle. With illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
London: Unwin Paperbacks, [13 June] 1983. [8], 78 pp.
ISBN 0-04-823232-7
Collection. Contains reprints of Smith of Wootton Major, and "Leaf by Niggle".
1984
122. The Book of Lost Tales. Part II. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen &
Unwin, [16 August] 1984. [5], 385 pp., [1] plate. (The History of Middle-earth; 2)
ISBN 0-04-823265-3
1985
123. J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters to Rhona Beare. St. Louis, Mo.: The New England Tolkien Society,
[March] 1985. [19] pp.
Corresponds to Letters, nos. 211 and 230, here in slightly different versions.
124. The Lays of Beleriand. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, [22
August] 1985. [6], 393 pp., [1] plate. (The History of Middle-earth; 3)
ISBN 0-04-823277-7
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1986
125. The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the Annals together
with the earliest 'Silmarillion' and the first Map. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London:
George Allen & Unwin, [21 August] 1986. [5], 380 pp., [2] plates. (The History of Middle-
earth; 4)
ISBN 0-04-823279-3
1987
126. The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend before 'The Lord of the Rings'.
Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, [27 August] 1987. Pp. [iii]-viii, 455
pp. (The History of Middle-earth; 5)
ISBN 0-04-823349-8
1988
127. The Annotated Hobbit. See The Hobbit.
128. "Narqelion". In Hyde, Paul Nolan, "Narqelion: A Single, Falling Leaf at Sun-fading". In
Mythlore, Altadena, Ca., no. 56 (Winter 1988), pp. 47-52.
See p. 48. This is the first publishing of the full text of this poem of which previously four lines (out of
20) had appeared in Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, p. 7 6. A later reprint, with a
more correct reading of the poem appears in Gilson, Christopher, "Narqelion and the Early Lexicons".
129. The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. [Edited by]
Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, [25 August] 1988. Pp. [iii]-xii, 497 pp., [1]
plate. (The History of Middle-earth; 6)
ISBN 0-04-440162-0
1989
130. Oliphaunt. Illustrated by Hank Hinton. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1989. [16] pp.
(Beastly Verse) (A Calico Book)
ISBN 0-8092-435-3
Card-board bound book intended for small children containing a poem from The Two Towers.
131. The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two. [Edited by]
Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, [7 September] 1989. vi, [i], 504 pp., [1]
plate. (The History of Middle-earth; 7)
ISBN 0-04-440396-8
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1990
132. The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three. [Edited by]
Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, [September] 1990. xi, 476 pp., [1] plate.
(The History of Middle-earth; 8)
ISBN 0-04-40685-1
1992
133. 'Gondolic Runes'. In Hyde, Paul Nolan, "The 'Gondolic Runes': Another Picture". In
Mythlore, Altadena, Ca., no. 69 (Summer 1992), pp. 20-25.
A facsimile of the manuscript is given on pp. 21, followed by a lengthy analysis. This analysis is
questioned on several points in a long letter by Carl F. Hostetter in Mythlore, no. 7 0 (Autumn 1992),
pp. 23-24.
134. Sauron Defeated: The End of the Third Age: (The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part
Four); The Notion Club Papers and The Drowning of Anadn. Edited by Christopher
Tolkien. xi, 482 pp., [2] plates. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, [6 January] 1992. xi, 482
pp. (The History of Middle-earth; 9)
ISBN 0-261-10240-0
1993
135. Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman. Edited by
Christopher Tolkien. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, [23 September] 1993. x, 471 pp.,
[1] plate. (The History of Middle-earth; 10)
ISBN 0-261-10304-0
136. Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, [11 November] 1993. 3 vols.
([96] pp.)
ISBN 0-261-10302-4
Volumes 1-2 of this set of "mini" books (9 7 .5 cm/3.5 3") consists of the poems that can be found in
The Hobbit.
Volume 3 contains "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" and "The Stone Troll" from The Adventures of
Tom Bombadil. All volumes contains illustrations by Tolkien.
1994
137. 'The Entu, Ensi, Enta Declension'. In Gilson, Christopher, "The Entu, Ensi, Enta
Declension: A Preliminary Analysis". With an Introduction by Carl F. Hostetter. In Vinyar
Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 36 (July 1994), pp. 7-29.
A facsimile of the manuscript is given on the front cover.
138. Poems from The Lord of the Rings. Illustrated by Alan Lee. London:
HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994. [95] pp.
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ISBN 0-261-10312-1
139. The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two: The Legends of Beleriand.
Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, [September] 1994. xii,
470 pp. (The History of Middle-earth; 11)
ISBN 0-261-10314-8
1995
140. ILam naNgoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of The Gnomish Tongue. Edited by
Christopher Gilson, Patrick Wynne, Arden R. Smith and Carl F. Hostetter. Walnut Creek,
Ca.: Parma Eldalamberon, [8 August] 1995. 76 pp. (Parma Eldalamberon; no. 11 (1995))
Selections from this have earlier appeared in the Appendices to The Book of Lost Tales.
141. Letters from Father Christmas. See The Father Christmas Letters.
142. 'The Trin Prose Fragment'. In Smith, Arden R., "The Trin Prose Fragment: An Analysis
of a Rmilian Document". In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 37 (December 1995), pp.
15-23.
This fragment, which so far was the only text published in the Alphabet of Rmil (further texts appear
in "The Alphabet of Rmil"), corresponds to a passage in "The Tale of Turambar" (The Book of Lost Tales,
part II, pp. 7 2-7 3). A facsimile of the text appears on p. 18.
143. [Various illustrations and writings]. In Hammond, Wayne G. & Scull, Christina. J.R.R.
Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. 207, [1] pp.
ISBN 0-261-10322-9
Contains some 200 pictures of which more than half were previously unpublished. Among writings not
appearing elsewhere might be mentioned a quote on p. 53 from Tolkien's essay on dragons, held in
Oxford in 1938, and quotations from unpublished notes on Elvish heraldry.
1996
144. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London:
HarperCollinsPublishers, [September] 1996. xiii, 482 pp., [1] plate. (The History of
Middle-earth; 12)
ISBN 0-261-10337-7
This last volume in the series contains a history of the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings as well as
various late writings, among them the soon abandoned story set in early Fourth Age, The New
Shadow.
1997
145. Tales from The Perilous Realm. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997. [7], 178 pp.
ISBN 0-261-10342-3
Collection. Contains reprints of Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "Leaf by
Niggle", and Smith of Wootton Major.
There is also an extract from "On Fairy-Stories" on pp. [7 ].
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146. [Various writings]. In Flieger, Verlyn, A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien's Road to
Farie. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, [September?] 1997. x, 276, [1] pp.
ISBN 0-87338-574-8
Among writings not appearing elsewhere might be mentioned three quotes from a draft version of a
note to "On Fairy-Stories" (pp. 52-53) concerning J. M. Barrie's Mary Rose, two quotes from an
unpublished note headed "Elvish time" (pp. 69-7 0), brief quotes from and discussion of drafts for the
Lothlrien chapters in The Fellowship of the Ring, not all of them appearing in The Treason of Isengard
(pp. 100-105), and extensive quotes from an unpublished essay on Smith of Wootton Major (pp. 232,
234-236, 246-249, 251-253).
1998
147. "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D". Edited with introduction, glossaries, and additional
notes by Carl F. Hostetter. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 39 (July 1998), pp. 4-
20.
This text is that part of Appendix D to "Quendi and Eldar" that was excluded from The War of the
Jewels. The subtitle for this section is "*Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially oldorin) words for
Language", and is given on pp. 5-11. An appendix, "Noldorin words for Language" (pp. 15-18) is the
germ of Appendix D to "Quendi and Eldar".
148. "sanwe-kenta". Edited with introduction, glossaries, and additional notes by Carl F.
Hostetter. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 39 (July 1998), pp. 21-34.
149. Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon: together with The Poetic and
Mythologic Words of Eldarissa. Edited by Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick
Wynne and Arden R. Smith. Walnut Creek, Ca.: Parma Eldalamberon, 1998 [published
in July 1998]. xxi, 112 pp. (Parma Eldalamberon; no. 12 (1998))
Selections from the Lexicon have earlier appeared in the Appendices to The Book of Lost Tales.
150. Roverandom. Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. London:
HarperCollinsPublishers, [5 January] 1998. xxii, 106 pp., [4] plates.
ISBN 0-261-10353-9
1999
151. Letters from Father Christmas. See The Father Christmas Letters.
152. "Narqelion". In Gilson, Christopher, "Narqelion and the Early Lexicons: Some Notes on
the First Elvish Poem". In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 40 (April 1999), pp. 6-32.
A facsimile of Tolkien's MS, dated Nov. 1915, March 1916 appears on p. 5. For an earlier, slightly
erroneous reading of the MS, see Hyde, Paul Nolan, "Narqelion: A Single, Falling Leaf at Sun-fading".
2000
153. "Etymological Notes on the sanwe-kenta". Edited with notes by Carl F. Hostetter. In
Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 41 (June 2000), pp. 5-6.
This text consist of notes that were unknown to the editor when "swane-kenta" was published in 1998.
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154. "From The Shibboleth of Fanor". Edited with notes by Carl F. Hostetter. In Vinyar
Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 41 (June 2000), pp. 7-10.
This text consist of notes to the essay "The Shibboleth of Fanor" that were excluded from The Peoples
of Middle-earth.
155. "Notes on re". Edited with notes by Carl F. Hostetter. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD.,
no. 41 (June 2000), pp. 11-19.
2001
156. "Lettre Milton Waldman: L'horizon de la Terre du Milieu". See Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
157. "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor". Edited by Carl F. Hostetter. With additional
commentary and materials provided by Christopher Tolkien. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton,
MD., no. 42 (July 2001), pp. 5-31.
This text, entitled "Nomenclature" by its author, was excerpted by Christopher Tolkien for Unfinished
Tales. An edition by Christopher Tolkien was prepared for but excluded from The Peoples of Middle-
earth. Much of Christopher Tolkien's commentary is included in the present edition.
158. Tree and Leaf: Including the poem Mythopeia; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth,
Beorhthelm's Son. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. ix, [ii], 150 pp.
ISBN 0-00-710504-5
Collection. Contains reprints of Tree and Leaf (revised edition from 1988), and "The Homecoming of
Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son".
2002
159. "Ae Adar Nn: The Lord's Prayer in Sindarin". Edited with notes and analysis by Bill
Welden. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 44 (June 2002), pp. 21-30, 38.
160. "Alcar mi Tarmenel na Erui: The Gloria in Excelsis Deo in Quenya". Edited with notes and
analysis by Arden R. Smith. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 44 (June 2002), pp.
31-37.
161. "The Alphabet of Rmil". Edited by Arden R. Smith. In Parma Eldalamberon, Walnut
Creek, Ca., no. 13 ( 2001-2002 [pr. 2002]), pp. 3-89.
162. Beowulf and the Critics. Edited by Michael D.C. Drout. Tempe, Arizona: Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies, [December] 2002. xx, 468 pp. (Medieval &
Renaissance Texts & Studies; 248)
ISBN 0-86698-290-6
This is the original, much longer version of a text that was published as Tolkien's essay Beowulf: The
Monsters and the Critics.
163. "Early Noldorin Fragments". Edited by Christopher Gilson, Bill Welden, Carl F. Hostetter
and Patrick Wynne. In Parma Eldalamberon, Walnut Creek, Ca., no. 13 ( 2001-2002
[pr. 2002]), pp. 91-165.
164. "Elvish Song in Rivendell". In The Annotated Hobbit. Annotated by Douglas A. Anderson.
Revised and expanded edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. xii, [i], 398, [1]
pp, [8] pp. of colour plates.
ISBN 0-618-13470-0
The poem is printed on pp. 92-93.
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165. "Glip". In The Annotated Hobbit. Annotated by Douglas A. Anderson. Revised and
expanded edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. xii, [i], 398, [1] pp, [8] pp. of
colour plates.
ISBN 0-618-13470-0
The poem is printed on p. 119.
166. "The Quest of Erebor: Gandalf's account if how he came to arrange the expedition to
Erebor and send Bilbo with the Dwarves". In The Annotated Hobbit. Annotated by
Douglas A. Anderson. Revised and expanded edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,
2002. xii, [i], 398, [1] pp, [8] pp. of colour plates.
ISBN 0-618-13470-0
This account is printed on pp. 368-37 8. The earliest version of the text is published in The Peoples of
Middle-earth, pp. 27 9-284, and a later version is given in Unfinished Tales. It was originally intended
to be part of Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings.
167. A Tolkien Miscellany. Garden City, N.Y.: Science Fiction Book Club, [July] 2002. 369 pp.
(SFBC; #51697)
Collection. Contains reprints of Smith of Wootton Major, Farmer Giles of Ham, Tree and Leaf, The
Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo.
168. "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya". (Part One). Edited by Patrick Wynne,
Arden R. Smith and Carl F. Hostetter. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 43 (January
2002), pp. 4-38.
This part contains the first three prayers: "taremma (Pater Noster)", pp. 8-26, "Aia Maria (Ave Maria)",
pp. 26-36, and "Alcar i Ataren (Gloria Patri)", pp. 36-37 .
169. "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya". (Part Two). Edited by Patrick Wynne,
Arden R. Smith and Carl F. Hostetter. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 44 (June
2002), pp. 5-20.
This part contains the fourth and fifth prayer: "Ortrielyanna (Sub Tuum Praesidium)", pp. 5-11, and
"The Litany of Loreto", pp. 11-20.
2003
170. "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies". [Part One]. By Carl F. Hostetter and
Patrick H. Wynne. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 45 (November 2003), pp. 3-38.
Consists of additions and corrections to the edition by Christopher Tolkien of Tolkien's "Etymologies" in
The Lost Road, pp. 341-400. The first part contains the entries for the roots from A- to NEI(ET)-.
171. Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script. Cupertino, Ca.: Parma Eldalamberon, [23
December] 2003. (Parma Eldalamberon; no. 14 (2003))
Consists of three writings by Tolkien: "Early Qenya Fragments", edited by Patrick Wynne and
Christopher Gilson; "Early Qenya Grammar", edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Bill Welden; and "The
Valmaric Script", edited by Arden R. Smith.
172. [Various writings]. In Garth, John, Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-
earth. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, [October] 2003. xviii, 398 pp., [8] pp. of plates.
Contains reprints of passages from early poetry by Tolkien among them the full text of "The Lonely
Isle".
There are also numerous quotes from unpublished correspondence between Tolkien, Christopher
Wiseman, R.Q. Gilson, and G.B. Smith.
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173. The History of The Hobbit. Edited by John Rateliff.
This work was begun by the late Taum Santoski. Publication date unknown; the work has been delayed.
Publications not yet traced
"The Grey Bridge of Tavrobel". In I.U.M., 192-?.
Poem. I.U.M. (identified thus by Tolkien) is presumably identical to Inter-university Magazine (cf.
commentary to "Tinfang Warble"). According to Garth (2003, p. 352) the poem was published in the late
1920s. Four stanzas (out of six) are reprinted in Garth (2003, p. 208).
"Shadow-Bride". In Abingdon Chronicle, 193-?.
According to Douglas A. Anderson an early version of this poem (later included in The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil) was published in the early 1930s in "something called the 'Abingdon Chronicle', but this
publication has so far eluded researchers". (The Annotated Hobbit, revised edition, p. 92, n. 8).
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Recent updates
The following changes have been made to this document.
31 December
2003
Added entries for "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies", Early
Qenya and The Valmaric Script, "Elvish Song in Rivendell", Garth, John,
Tolkien and the Great War, "Glip", "The Grey Bridge of Tavrobel", "A
Philologist on Esperanto", "The Quest of Erebor", "Shadow-Bride", "Tinfang
Warble" and A Tolkien Miscellany.
Added page references to poems reprinted in the revised edition of The
Annotated Hobbit: "The Dragon's Visit" (original version), "The Dragon's
Visit" (revised version), "Enigmata Saxonica Nuper Inventa Duo", "Goblin
Feet", "Imonna Gold Galdre Bewunden", "Progress in Bimble Town" and
"The Root of the Boot".
Updated entry to "The Lonely Isle".
13 January
2003
Added entries for Tales from The Perilous Realm and Tree and Leaf:
Including the poem Mythopeia; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth,
Beorhthelm's Son.
Updated entries for The Hobbit (new edition of The Annotated Hobbit), The
Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle and Beowulf and the Critics (the latter
entry was also moved from forthcoming to published writings).
In reviewing the text a substantial number of misprints have been
corrected.
1 September
2002
Added entries for "Narqelion" (Hyde) 'Gondolic Runes' "Etymological Notes
on the sanwe-kenta", "From The Shibboleth of Fanor", "Notes on re,
"The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", "Ae Adar Nn", "Alcar mi
Tarmenel na Erui", "The Alphabet of Rmil","Early Noldorin Fragments",
"'Words of Joy'". (Part One), "'Words of Joy'". (Part Two) and Beowulf and
the Critics.
Updated entries for "Narqelion" (Wynne), Farmer Giles of Ham, The
Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien and The Father Christmas Letters/Letters from
Father Christmas.
15 June 1999 Added entries for 'The Entu, Ensi, Enta Declension', 'The Trin Prose
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Fragment', "Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D, "sanwe-kenta"<"and
"Narqelion".
Updated the entry concerning Qenyaqetsa.
A few misprints were corrected on 16 June 1999.
8 April 1998 Updated information concerning Qenyaqetsa and Wayne G. Hammond &
Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator.
23 March 1998 Added entries for Verlyn Flieger, A Question of Time, Roverandom and
Qenyaqetsa (then entitled The Qenya Lexicon).
Moved Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist &
Illustrator from the reference list to the bibliography proper.
30 October 1996Added entry for The Peoples of Middle-earth.
1996-2003 by ke Bertenstam.
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