ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BIBLIOGRAPHY

(Compiled by Lester Simons. Update information provided by Charles E. Noad, March 2000.)

Books BY J.R.R. Tolkien

- A Middle English Vocabulary. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1922. (This is presently bound in with Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose, ed. Kenneth Sisam, from Oxford University Press.)

- Ancrene Wisse: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle. Early English Text Society, Original Series No. 249. Oxford University Press, London, 1962. (An edition of the Rule for a female mediæval religious order.)

- Bilbo's Last Song. Allen and Unwin, London, 1974. [As a poster; in book-form, Unwin Hyman, London, 1990.]

- Farmer Giles of Ham. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1949; 50th Anniversary Edition, ed. Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, HarperCollins, London, 1999.

- Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode. Ed. Alan Bliss. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1982. (Tolkien's translations and commentaries.)

- 'From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D' [containing '*Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for Language', omitted from Morgoth's Ring], Ed. Carl F. Hostetter. Vinyar Tengwar 39, Crofton, Ed. MD, July 1998.

- i.Lam na.Goldogrin: The Grammar and Lexicon of The Gnomish Tongue. Ed. Christopher Gilson, Patrick Wynne, Arden R. Smith and Carl F. Hostetter. Parma Eldalamberon 11, Walnut Creek, CA, 1995.

- Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1981; reissued with new index by Wayne G. Hammon and Christina Scull, HarperCollins, London, 1999.

- Mr. Bliss. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1982.

- Morgoth's Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 1993.

- 'Ósanwe-kenta: "Enquiry into the Communication of Thought"', ed. Carl F. Hostetter. Vinyar Tengwar 39, Crofton, Ed. MD, July 1998.

- Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1979. (Contains reproductions of all the pictures by Tolkien in previous Allen and Unwin Tolkien Calendars.) Revised edition, HarperCollins, London, 1992.
- Poems and Stories. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1980. (A deluxe edition containing The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son", "On Fairy-Stories", "Leaf by Niggle", Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major.) Includes the illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Reprinted (Non-deluxe edition), HarperCollins, London, 1992.

- Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 1993. [Three mini-volumes with poems from The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.]
- Poems from The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, London, 1994.
- Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon together with The Poetic and Mythologic Words of Eldarissa. Ed. Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick Wynne and Arden Smith. Parma Eldalamberon 12, Cupertino, CA, 1998.

- Roverandom. Ed. Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond. HarperCollins, London, 1998.

- Sauron Defeated. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 1992.

- Sir Gawain & The Green Knight. Ed. J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1925. (Now available in a second edition edited by Norman Davis.)

- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1975. (Contains Tolkien's translations of the poems given in the title.)

- Sir Orfeo. The Academic Copying Office, Oxford, 1944. (A version edited by Tolkien. Printed anonymously.)

- Smith of Wootton Major. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1967.

- Songs for the Philologists. Privately printed in the Department of English, University College, London, 1936. (Contains mainly humorous verses in Gothic, Old English, etc., by Tolkien, E.V. Gordon and others.)

- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1962.

- The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.
- The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984.

- The Father Christmas Letters. Ed. Baillie Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1976; reprinted (with minor omissions) in three mini-columes, HarperCollins, London, 1994; as Letters from Father Christmas. HoughtonMifflin, Boston, and HarperCollins, London, 1995.

- The Fellowship of the Ring: being the first part of The Lord of the Rings. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1954.

- The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1937. (There was a second edition in 1951, and a third in 1966. Reprinted many times.) The Annotated Hobbit, Introduction and Notes by Douglas A. Anderson, Houghton Mifflin, Boston and HarperCollins, London, 1988.

- The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985.
- The Lost Road and Other Writings. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Unwin Hyman, London, 1987.
- The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.

- The Old English 'Exodus'. Ed. Joan Turville-Petre. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981. (Tolkien's translation.)

- The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 1996.

- The Reeve's Tale. Ed. " J.R.R.T." Oxford, 1939. (A version of Chaucer's tale prepared for a recital at the yearly summer diversions in Oxford.)

- The Return of the King: being the third part of The Lord of the Rings. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1955. (The Lord of the Rings saw a second edition in 1966. The work has been reprinted many times in both hardcover and paperback.)
- The Return of the Shadow. Christopher Tolkien. Unwin Hyman, London, 1988.
- The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1967; George Allen and Unwin, London, 1968. (There was a second edition in 1978.)

- The Shaping of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1986.

- The Silmarillion. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1977.

- The Tolkien Reader. Ballantine, New York, 1966. (Contains "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorthelm's Son", Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.)

- The Treason of Isengard. Christopher Tolkien. Unwin Hyman, London, 1989.
- The Two Towers: being the second part of The Lord of the Rings. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1954.

- The War of the Jewels. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 1994.

- The War of the Ring. Christopher Tolkien. Unwin Hyman, London, 1990.

- Tree and Leaf. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1964. (Reprints Tolkien's lecture "On Fairy-Stories" and his short story "Leaf by Niggle".) New edition, incorporating "Mythopoeia", Unwin Hyman, London, 1988.

- Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1980.

Books ABOUT J. R. R. Tolkien

- Between Faith and Fiction: Tolkien and the Powers of His World. Ed. Nils Ivar Agøy. Arda Special 1, Arthedain, Upsala, 1998.
- A Glossary of the Eldarin Tongues. James D. Allan. Privately published by the author, 1972.
- An Introduction to Elvish. Ed. and compiled by Jim Allan. Bran's Head Books, Hayes, Middlesex, 1978.
- A Speculation on The Silmarillion. Jim Allan. Privately published by the author, 1975. (A revised edition of An extrapolation on The Silmarillion, A Tolkien Society Publication.)
- The Tolkien Quiz Book. Bart Andrews with Bernie Zuber. A Signet Book, New American Library, New York, 1979; Sphere Books, London, 1979.
- From the Outside: The Middle Earth Poems of Matthew Anish. Ill. L. Applebaum, 1994.
- Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees: A Selection from 25 Years of Speeches at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinners. Vol. 1, ed. Helen Armstrong. The Tolkien Society, Swindon, 1997.
- Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees: A Selection from 25 Years of Speeches at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinners. Vol. 2, ed. Helen Armstrong. The Tolkien Society, Swindon, 1998.
- Strategies of Fantasy. Brian Attebery. Indiana University Press, 1992. [Contains chapter 'Is Fantasy Literature?: Tolkien and the Theorists'.]

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- The Lord of the Rings: The Official Chess Set. Michael Barford. Danbury Mint, 1993.
- Scholarship & Fantasy: Proceedings of The Tolkien Phenomenon, May 1992, Turku, Finland. Ed. K.J. Battarbee. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 1993.
- Bored of the Rings. The Harvard Lampoon (Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney). Signet Books, The New American Library, New York, 1969.
- The Tolkien Scrapbook. Ed. Alida Becker. Running Press, Philadelphia, 1978. Reprinted as The Tolkien Treasury, Courage Books, Running Press, 1989.
- The Lord of the Rings and The Signs of the Times. Ean C.M. Begg. Guild of Pastoral Psychology Lecture Series, Guild of Pastoral Psychology, London, 1975.
- A Tolkien Thesaurus. Richard E. Blackwelder. Garland Publishing, New York, 1990.
- Tolkien Phraseology: A Companion to A Tolkien Thesaurus. Richard E. Blackwelder. Tolkien Archives Fund, Marquette University, 1990.
- J.R.R. Tolkien - Powiernik Piesni. Michal Blazejewski. Phantom Press, 1993.
- Tolkien: Les univers d'un Magicien. Nicolas Bonnal. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1998.
'- The Lord of the Rings' and its creator. Su Box. Oxford Polytechnic, 1974.
- A Dictionary of Elvish. Julian Bradfield. Privately published by the author, 1983; Second Edition, 1983.
- The Jewel of Arwen. Marion Zimmer Bradley. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, 1974?.
- Men, Halflings & Hero Worship. Marion Zimmer Bradley. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, 1973.
- The Parting of Arwen. Marion Z. Bradley. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, 1974?.
- Of Amalion. Denis Bridoux. Privately published by the author, 1986?.
- The Middle-earth Quiz Book. Suzanne Buchholz. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1979.
- News from the Shire and Beyond: Studies on Tolkien. Ed. Peter Buchs and Thomas Honegger. Walking Tree Publishers, Zurich, 1997.

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- The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and their friends. Humphrey Carpenter. Allen and Unwin, London, 1978.
- The Lord of the Rings: Souvenir booklet commemorating twenty five years of its publication. Humphrey Carpenter. Allen and Unwin, London, 1980. (Published with the special commemorative boxed paperback set of LotR.)
- Tolkien: A Biography. Humphrey Carpenter. Allen and Unwin, London, 1977.
- Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings". Lin Carter. Ballantine Books, New York, 1969.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power. Jane Chance. Twayne, New York, 1992.
- Mir Tolkina: Spravochnik. Nadezhda Chertkova. Gil-Estel, Moscow, 1992.
- Tolkien and his Literary Resonances: Views of Middle-earth. Ed. George Clark and Daniel Timmons. Greenwood Press, Westport, CN, 2000. [Forthcoming]
- J.R.R. Tolkien, Master of Fantasy. David R. Collins. Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, 1992.
- J.R.R. Tolkien. Kathryn F. Crabbe. Modern Literature Series. Frederick Ungar, New York, 1981; revised and expanded edition, Ungar, 1988.
- Some Light on Middle-earth. Edward Crawford. The Tolkien Society, 1985.
- Tolkien, the Sea and Scandinavia. The 11th Tolkien Society Seminar. Ed. Richard Crawshaw. The Tolkien Society, Telford, 1999.
- Travel and Communication in Tolkien's Worlds. The 10th Tolkien Society Workshop. Ed. Richard Crawshaw. The Tolkien Society, Swindon, 1996.
- Defending Middle-earth. Patrick Curry. Floris Books, Edinburgh, 1997 and St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997. (Hardback.) Rptd., with revisions, HarperCollins, London, 1998 (paperback).

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- A-Z of Tolkien. David Day. Mitchell Beazley, London, 1993; rpt. Chancellor Press, London, 1996. [Text rpt. from The Tolkien Bestiary and The Tolkien Encyclopedia.]
- The Hobbit Companion. David Day. Pavilion Books, London, 1997.
- A Tolkien Bestiary. David Day. Mitchell Beazley, London, 1979.
- The Tolkien Companion. David Day. Mandarin, London, 1993.
- Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia. David Day. Mitchell Beazley, London, 1991.
- Tolkien's Ring. David Day. HarperCollins, London, 1994.
- The Tolkien and Middle-earth Handbook. Colin Duriez. Monarch, Tunbridge Wells, 1992.

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- Il mondo di J.R.R. TOLKIEN negli EX LIBRIS. (Pref.) Roberto Genovesi, (Intro.) Remo Palmirani. Keltia Editrice, Aosta, 1992.
- Good News from Tolkien's Middle Earth: Two Essays on the "Applicability" of The Lord of the Rings. Gracia Fay Elwood. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1970.
- Eglerio! In Praise of Tolkien. Ed. Anne Etkin. Quest Communications, Greencastle, Pennsylvania, 1978.
- J.R.R. Tolkien. Robley Evans. Writers for the Seventies. Crowell, New York, 1971; Warner Paperback Library, New York, 1971.

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- A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie. Verlyn Flieger. Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio, 1997.
- Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World. Verlyn Flieger. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1983.
- Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth. Ed. Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter. Greenwood Press, Westport, CN, 2000.
- The Atlas of Middle-earth. Karen Wynn Fonstad. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1981; revised edition, Houghton Mifflin, 1992; HarperCollins, London, 1992.
- The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion. Robert Foster. Ballantine Books, New York, 1978; Allen and Unwin, London, 1978. (Revised edition of A Guide to Middle-earth, The Mirage Press, Baltimore, 1971.)
- Teacher's Guide to The Hobbit. Robert Foster. Ballantine Books, New York, 1981.

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- Il mondo di J.R.R. TOLKIEN negli EX LIBRIS. (Pref.) Roberto Genovesi, (Intro.) Remo Palmirani. Keltia Editrice, Aosta, 1992.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: This Far Land. Ed. Robert Giddings. Vision and Barnes & Noble, London and Totawa, New Jersey, 1983.
- The Shores of Middle-earth. Robert Giddings and Elizabeth Holland. Junction Books, London, 1981.
- Gyaluforgács. Árpád Goncz. Pesti Szalon Könyvkiado, Budapest, 1991.
- Six Modern Authors and Problems of Belief. Patrick Grant. Macmillan, London, 1979. (The authors are Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves, David Jones, Tolkien, Owen Barfield and Michael Polanyi.)
- A Marriage of Mercury and Philology. An Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 21 May 1981 by Douglas Gray. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1982.
- A Tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Rosemary Gray. Unisa, Pretoria, 1992.
- Tolkien: Master of Fantasy. Bill Green. SamHar Press, Charlotteville, New York, 1981.
- The Hobbit: A Journey into Maturity. William H. Green. Twayne Publishers, New York, 1995.
- After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Martin H. Greenberg. Tor/Doherty, 1992; Pan, 1992.
- The Biography of J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-earth. Daniel Grotta. Running Press, Philadelphia, 1978; Warner Books, New York, 1979.

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- Delvings. Ed. "Fungo Hafwise". Pant-Hoot Publication #116, 1978. (American Tolkien Society.)
- J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography. Wayne G. Hammond with the assistance of Douglas A. Anderson. St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, 1993.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. HarperCollins, London, 1995.
- Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: Notes. Gene B. Hardy. Cliffs Notes, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, 1977.
- The Song of Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien's Themes, Symbols and Myths. David Harvey. Allen and Unwin, London, 1981.
- Christian Mythmakers: Lewis, L'Engle, Tolkien and Others. Rolland Hein. Cornerstone Press, Chicago, 1998.
- Tolkien and the Silmarils. Randel Helms. Thames and Hudson, London, 1981.
- Tolkien's World. Randel Helms. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1974; Panther paperback (Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World), 1976.
- Peace and Conflict Studies in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, Volume One. Philip W. Helms et al. American Tolkien Society, Flint, Michigan, [?1994.]
- Peace and Conflict Studies in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, Volume Two. Philip W. Helms et al. American Tolkien Society, Flint, Michigan, 1999.
- Shadows of Imagination: The Fantasies of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. Ed. Mark Hillegas. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale & Edwardsville, 1969; New Edition, 1979.
- Root and Branch Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien. Ed. Thomas Honegger. Walking Tree Publishers, Zurich and Berne, 1999.
- Tolkien: His Language. A Guide to Quenya. George Horton. Privately published by the author, 1997.
- From the Archives of Hildifons Took, Formerly of Tuckborough. A Collection of Items Found in non-Tolkien Fanzines, Written and Drawn by - Fans and Students of the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, from Sumner Gary Hunnewell. Privately published, 1991.
- Tolkien Fannish and Scholarly Activities and Publications: Year End Review 1992. Gary Hunnewell. The New England Tolkien Society, Arnold, MO, 1993.
- Tolkien Fannish & Scholarly Publications 1993. Gary Hunnewell. The New England Tolkien Society, Arnold, MO, 1995.

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- Tolkien and the Critics. Ed. Neil D. Isaacs and Rose A. Zimbardo. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame and London, 1968.
- Tolkien: New Critical Perspectives. Ed. Neil D. Isaacs and Rose A. Zimbardo. The University Press of Kentucky, 1981.

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- J.R.R. Tolkien: Six Decades of Criticism. Judith A. Johnson. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, Number 6, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut; London, England, 1986. ISBN 0-313-25005-7.
- A Tolkien Bibliography 1911-1980: Writings by and about J.R.R. Tolkien. Åke Jonsson. Tredje Upplagen, 1986.

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- The Trojan Horse: Russia as a New Context for Tolkien. Maria Kamenkovich. American Tolkien Society, Flint, Michigan, 1999.
- Tolkien and The Silmarillion. Clyde S. Kilby. Harold Shaw, Wheaton, Illinois, 1976. Lion Publishing, Berkhamstead, Herts, 1977.
- Tolkien en France. Ed. by Edouard J. Kloczko. A.R.D.A., 1998.
- The Magical World of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield. Gareth Knight, Element Books, Longmead, 1990.
- The Purgatorial Flame: Seven British Writers in the Second World War. Sebastian D.G. Knowles. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1990.
- Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien. Paul H. Kocher. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972. (The British reprint, from Thames and Hudson, had "Achievement" instead of "Fiction" in the title. There was a 1974 Penguin reprint.)
- A Reader's Guide to The Silmarillion. Paul H. Kocher. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1980; Thames and Hudson, London, 1981.
- Die Inklings-Bibliothek: Systematischer Katalog der Spezialsammlung zu G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams. Gisbert Kranz. Ersten Deutschen Fantasy Club, Passau, 1992.
- Handbuch der Weisen von Mittelerde. Wolfgang Krege. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, 1996.
- Novel-Ties: The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study Guide. Carol Kroll, Ed. Joyce Friedland and Rikki Kressler. Learning Links Inc., New York, "Copyright 1983,1992".

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- J.R.R. Tolkien: Recepcja Polska: Studia i eseje. Ed. Jakub Z. Lichanski. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw, 1996.
- The Fantasts: Studies in J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Mervyn Peake, Nikolay Gogol and Kenneth Grahame. Edmund Little. Avebury, Amersham, 1984.
- A Tolkien Compass. Ed. Jared Lobdell. Open Court Publishing, La Salle, Illinois, 1975; Ballantine Books, New York, 1980. (This contains Tolkien's own "Guide to the names in The Lord of the Rings".)
- England and Always: Tolkien's World of the Rings. Jared Lobdell. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1981.
- Choice in The Lord of the Rings. Helen Luke. Apple Farm Community, MI, 19??.

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- The Tolkien Papers, Mankato State College Studies in English, Vol.II, No.1, February 1967, Mankato Studies in English No2.
- Basic Quenya. Nancy Martsch. Privately published by the author, 1992.
- A List of Tolkieniana. Nancy Martsch. Privately published by the author, 1992.
- Lightning From a Clear Sky: Tolkien, the Trilogy, and The Silmarillion. Richard Mathews. Borgo Press, San Bernadino, 1978.
- Myth, Symbol and Religion in The Lord of the Rings. Sandra Miesel. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, Maryland, 1973.
- Middle Earth: A World in Conflict. Stephen O. Miller. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, 1975.
- Mithrandir. Stephen O. Miller. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, 1974.
- Myth, Allegory and Gospel: An Interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien / C.S. Lewis / G.K. Chesterton / Charles Williams. Ed. John Warwick Montgomery. Bethany Fellowship, Inc., Minneapolis, 1974.
- Epic Pooh. Michael Moorcock. British Fantasy Society, 1978.
- J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring: A Critical Commentary. Louise D. Morrison. Monarch Press, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1976.
- Evocation of Virgil in Tolkien's Art: Geritol for the Classics. Robert E. Morse. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Oak Park, Wisconsin, 1986.
- Tolkien and Romanticism: Proceedings of the Cambridge Tolkien Workshop 1988. Ed. I.R. Morus, M.J.L. Percival and C.S. Rosenthal. Cambridge Tolkien Workshop, 1988.
- J.R.R. Tolkien. Charles Moseley. Writers and their Work. Northcote House Publishers, Plymouth, 1996.
- The Tolkien Quiz Book. Andrew Murray. HarperCollins, London, 1996.

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- The Middle-earth Songbook. Ken Nahigian. Privately published, 1976.
- Myth Maker: J.R.R. Tolkien. Anne E. Neimark. Harcourt Brace, San Diego, 1996.
- J.R.R. Tolkien. Anne E. Neimark. Harcourt Brace, 1996.
- Tolkien's Art: "A Mythology for England". Jane Chance Nitzsche. Macmillan, London, 1979.
- The Trees, the Jewels, and the Rings: A discursive enquiry into things little known on Middle-earth. Charles E. Noad. The Tolkien Society, 1977.
- The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth. Ruth S. Noel. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1980. (Revised edition of The Languages of Middle-earth, 1974.)
- The Mythology of Middle-earth. Ruth S. Noel. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1977; Thames and Hudson, London, 1977. (Also reprinted as The Mythology of Tolkien's Middle-earth in Panther paperback, 1979.)

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- The Individuated Hobbit: Jung, Tolkien and the Archetypes of Middle-earth. Timothy R. O'Neill. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1979; Thames and Hudson, London, 1979.
- Tolkiens Arv. Åke Ohlmarks. Bokforlaget PLUS, Stockholm, 1978.

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- La Spada e il labirinto: meraviglioso e fantastico ne 'Il signore degli anelli'. Marco Paggi. Edizioni Culturali Internazionali Genova, Genova, 1990.
- Of Orc-Rags, Phials & A Far Shore: Visions of Paradise in The Lord of the Rings. Bruce Palmer. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, 1976.
- Tolkien: A Celebration: Collected Writings on a Literary Legacy. Ed. Joseph Pearce. Fount, London, 1999.
- Tolkien: Man and Myth. Joseph Pearce. HarperCollins, London, 1998.
- One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology. Anne C. Petty. University of Alabama Press, 1979.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Fantasy Literature als Wunscherfullung und Weltdeutung. Dieter Petzold. Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, Heidelberg, 1980.
- J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Anne M. Pienciak. Barron's Book Notes, Barron's Educational Series, 1986.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend. An Exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). Illustrated catalogue compiled by Judith Priestman. Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1992.
- Lord of the Elves and Eldils: Fantasy and Philosophy in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Richard L. Purtill. Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1974.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth, Morality and Religion. Richard L. Purtill. Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1984.

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- Ego and Shadow in The Lord of the Rings. Don Raiche. Apple Farm Community, MI, 19??.
- A Reader's Companion to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. [No editor given.] Quality Paperback Book Club, New York, 1995.
- The Tolkien Relation. William Ready. Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1968. (Also in paperback as Understanding Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, Paperback Library, New York, 1969.)
- The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit: Notes. William Ready. Coles Notes, Coles Publishing Co., Toronto, 1971.
- Realms of Tolkien. [Various artists; no editor given.] HarperCollins, London, 1996.
- Romantic Religion: A Study of Barfield, Lewis, Williams, and Tolkien. Robert J. Reilly. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1971.
- Tolkien's Birmingham. Pat Reynolds. The Forsaken Inn Press, 1992.
- Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference. Ed. Patricia Reynolds and Glen H. GoodKnight. Mythlore 80 / Mallorn 30, The Tolkien Society and The Mythopoeic Society, Milton Keynes and Altadena, 1995.
- The First and Second Ages: The 5th Tolkien Society Workshop. Ed. Trevor Reynolds. The Tolkien Society, London, 1992.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit. Notes by Geoffrey Ridden. York Notes; York Press, Beirut and Longman Group, Harlow, 1981.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings. Notes by Geoffrey Ridden. York Notes; York Press, Beirut and Longman Group, Harlow, 1984.
- The Tolkien Quiz Book. Nigel Robinson and Linda Wilson. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1981; A Star Book, W.H. Allen, London, 1981.
- Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy. Karen Rockow. T-K Graphics, Baltimore, 1973.
- J.R.R. Tolkien. Deborah Webster Rogers and Ivor A. Rogers. Twayne's English Authors Series 304. Twayne Publishers, A Division of G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1980; Hippocrene Books, Inc., 1982.
- Tolkien: A Critical Assessment. Brian Rosebury. Macmillan/St. Martin's Press, London, 1992.
- The Politics of Fantasy: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Lee D. Rossi. UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, 1984.
- The Shaping of Middle-earth's Maker. J.S. Ryan. American Tolkien Society, 1992.
- Tolkien: Cult or Culture? J.S. Ryan. University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., 1969.

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- Modern Heroism: Essays on D.H. Lawrence, William Empson, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Roger Sale. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1973.
- J.R.R. Tolkien, Scholar and Storyteller: Essays In Memoriam. Ed. Mary Salu and Robert T. Farrell. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 1979.
- The Road to Middle-Earth. T.A. Shippey. Allen and Unwin, London, 1982; new edition, Grafton, HarperCollins, London, 1992.
- Leaves from the Tree: J.R.R. Tolkien's Shorter Fiction. The 4th Tolkien Society Workshop. T.A. Shippey et al. The Tolkien Society, London, 1991.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Man of Fantasy. Russell Shorto. The Kipling Press, New York, 1988.
- J.R.R. Tolkien. David and Carol D. Stevens. Starmont House, 1992. (Reissued as J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Myth-maker, Borgo Press, San Bernadino, 1993.)
- J.R.R. Tolkien. Catherine R. Stimpson. Columbia Essays on Modern Writers No. 41. Columbia University Press, 1969.
- Journeys of Frodo: An Atlas of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Barbara Strachey. Unwin Paperbacks, Allen and Unwin, London, 1981.

T

- The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien: A brief account of the book and its making. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1977.
- The Tolkien Family Album. John and Priscilla Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 1992.
- Tolkien's World: Pictures of Middle-earth. [No editor given.] HarperCollins, London, 1992.
- The New Tolkien Companion. J.E.A.Tyler. Macmillan, London, 1979. (Second edition of The Tolkien Companion, 1976.)

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- The Making of The Lord of the Rings. Rayner Unwin. Willem A. Meeuws, Oxford, 1992.
- George Allen and Unwin: A Remembrancer. Rayner Unwin. Merlin Unwin Books, Ludlow, 1999.
- Shadows of Heaven: Religion and Fantasy in the Writing of C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Gunnar Urang. SCM Press, London, 1971.

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- Tam a Zase zpatky: There and Back Again. Jan Vaclavik. Privately published, 1996.
- J.R.R. Tolkien 1892-1992. Johan Vanhecke. Stadsbibliothek en het Archief en Museum voor het Vlaamse Culturleven, Antwerp, 1992.
- De Mijnen van Moria: essays over J.R.R. Tolkien. Johan Vanhecke et al. EXA, Uitgave, 1983.
- Hobbits in Holland: Leven en Werk van J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). René van Rossenberg. Koninklijke Bibliothek, Den Haag, 1992.
- Elrond's Holy Round Table: Essays on Tolkien, Sayers and the Arthur Saga. (Ed.) René van Rossenberg. Lembas Extra 1990, An Unquendor Publication, Tolkienwinkel, The Netherlands, 1990.
- Motieven in Midden-aarde: Essays over Tolkien en fantasy. (Ed.) René van Rossenberg. Lembas-extra 1988, Een Unquendor uitgave, Tolkien Winkel, 1988.
- Fantasy, the Bomb, and the Greening of Britain: Romantic protest, 1945-1980. Meredith Veldman. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Atti del Tolk-Con, Il Crisobollo - Volume Speciale 1992. (Ed.) Henry Paul Vesper-Raum. Sanremo, Italy, 1996.
- Tolkien and the Spirit of the Age. Ed. Renee Vink. Tolkien Genootschap "Unquendor", Leiden, 1987.

- Tolkien: Herdenkingsnummer van LEMBAS. Renee Vink et al. Uitgeverij Sirius en Siderius, Den Haag, 1983.

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- Proceedings of Unquendor's Third Lustrum Conference. Ed. Sjoerd van der Weide. Lembas-Extra, Unquendor, Leiden, 1998.
- Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist. Richard C. West. The Serif Series: Number 39. The Kent State University Press, 1981. (Revised from 1970 edition; a new edition is in preparation.)
- Tree by Tolkien. Colin Wilson. Covent Garden Press/INCA Books, 1973; (with additional Introduction) Village Press, London, 1974. (Reprinted in The Tolkien Scrapbook.)
- A Middle-Earth Album: Paintings by Joan Wyatt Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Joan Wyatt. Thames and Hudson, London, 1979.