A
Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of J.R.R.Tolkien
(by and about him).
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. 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).
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giving facsimiles of manuscript pages and/or quotes from unpublished texts,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 Jönsson 1983) and supplements to it
(see Jönsson 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.
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 (1978),
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.
The poem is printed on pp. 64-65. It was later
reprinted in The Annotated Hobbit, p. 77.
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 273-274 and in
The Book of Lost Tales, part II, pp. 273-274 under the original title.
In the latter a later version is also given (pp.
275-276).
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.
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.
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."Iúmonna 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. 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. [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. [6], 25, [1] pp.
The poem appears on p. 57.
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 A Northern Venture: Verses by Members
of the University of Leeds University English
School Association. Leeds: At the Swan Press.
[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.
27."Light as Leaf on Lindentree". In The Gryphon, N.S., vol.
6, no. 6 (June 1925), p. 217.
Poem. Reprinted in Lays of Beleriand, pp.
108-111 as a poem inserted into "The Lay of the Children of Húrin"
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.
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 Ælfwine"
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.
1928
35."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
36."Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad". In Essays and Studies by
members of the English Association, Oxford, vol. 14
(1929), pp. [104]-126.
Essay.
1930
37."The Oxford English School". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford,
vol. 48, no. 21 (May 29th, 1930), pp. 778-782.
Essay.
1931
38."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.
1932
39.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.
40."Sigelwara Land". [1]. In Medium Aevum, Oxford, vol. 1, no.
3 (December 1932), pp. [183]-196.
Essay.
1933
41."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 Eärendil" (The Lord of the
Rings, Book Two, Chapter 1) see The Treason of Isengard, Chapter V: "Bilbo's
Song at Rivendell: Errantry and Eärendillinwë", pp. 81-109.
1934
42."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.
43."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").
44."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.
45."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.
46."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
47."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).
48."Éadig Béo þu!" 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).
49."Frenchmen Froth". 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. 24-25.
50."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.
51."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.
52."Ides Ælfscýne". 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).
53."La Húru". 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.
54."'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.
55."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.
56."Ofer Wídne Gársecg". 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).
57."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 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.
58."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.
59."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.
1937
60.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).
61."The Dragon's Visit". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol.
55, no. 14 (February 4th, 1937), p. 342.
Poem. Reprinted in a revised version in Winter's
Tales for Children.
62.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 0-395-47690-9).
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, © 1975, TC 1477).
63."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.
64."Knocking>
Transfer interrupted!
ions 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
65.[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
66.The Reeve's Tale: version prepared for recitation at the 'summer
diversions', Oxford, 1939. 14 pp.
1940
67."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
68.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
69."The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun". In The Welsh Review, Cardiff,
vol. 4, no. 4 (December 1945), pp. [254]-266.
Poem.
70."Leaf by Niggle". In Dublin Review, London, 432 (January
1945), pp. 46-61.
Short story. Later reprinted in Tree and Leaf.
71."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
72."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
73."Iþþlen 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.
74."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.
1948
75."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
76.Farmer Giles of Ham. London: George Allen & Unwin, [October]
1949. 78, [1] pp., [2] plates.
1953
77."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).
78."A Fourteenth-Century Romance". 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.
79."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, Beorthelm's
Son, and Poems and Stories.
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.
80."Middle English 'Losenger': Sketch of an etymological and
semantic enquiry". In Essais de philologie moderne (1951):
Communications présentées au
Congrès International de Philologie Moderne, réuni à
Liège du 10 au 13
septembre 1951, à l'occasion du LXe
Anniversaire des Sections de Philologie germanique et de Philologie
romane de la Faculté de Philosophie
et Lettres de l'Université de Liège. Paris: Les Belles Lettres,
[before 13
October] 1953. ii, 252, 18 pp. (Bibliothèque
de la Faculté de Philologie et Lettres de l'Université de
Liège; 129)
Tolkien's essay appears on pp. [63]-76.
1954
81.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, ©
1975, TC 1477 and TC 1478).
1955
82."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).
83."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
84."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].
1960
85.[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), p. 31-33).
1962
86.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.)
87.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
88."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
89.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".
1965
90."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.
91."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.
The poem appears on p. 56.
1966
92."Tolkien on Tolkien". In Diplomat, New York, vol. 18, no. 197
(October 1966), p. 39.
Article with autobiographical elements.
93.The Tolkien Reader. New York: Ballantine Books, September
1966. xvi, 24, 84 pp., pp. [87]-112, [5]-[79], [5]-[64]
[=286 pp.]
Contains: "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthlm's
Son", Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
The book was reset in 1978 (29th impression,
xviii, 251 pp., ISBN 0-345-27681-7).
1967
94."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 Hrædmóding) and
in English (signed J.R.R.T.)
95.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", "Namárië", "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 "Namárië".
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] 1978. ix, 75, [1] pp. (ISBN 0-04-784011-0). In the revised
edition a setting of "Bilbo's Last Song (at the Grey Havens)" has been
added.
96.Smith of Wootton Major. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
London: George Allen & Unwin, [9 November] 1967. 61,
[1] pp.
1969
97.Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. Illustrations
by Pauline Diana Baynes. New York: Ballantine
Books, March 1969. 156 pp.
1971
98.[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
99."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 1972, p. 18). Printed in Letters, no.
339.
1974
100.Bilbo's Last Song (At the Grey Havens). London: George Allen
& Unwin, [26 November] 1974.
Poster. 60 x 40 cm. New edition: London: Unwin
Hyman, 1990. 32 pp. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. (ISBN 0-04-440728-9).
1975
101.Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. London:
Unwin Books, [30 October] 1975. 144 pp.
ISBN 0-04-823125-8
With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Contains
reprints of Farmer Giles of Ham and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
102."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.
103.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
104.Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major, The Homecoming of
Beorhtnoth, Beorthelm's Son. London: Unwin Books,
[30 October] 1975. 175 pp.
ISBN 0-04-820015-8
Contains reprints of Tree and Leaf, Smith
of Wootton Major (with Pauline Baynes' illustrations), and "The Homecoming
of Beorhtnoth, Beorthelm's Son".
1976
105.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 appear in three
versions. The text given above is the fullest, while the "mini" book edition
published in 1994 omits all letters from 1931 to 1936. The latest edition
entitled Letters from Father Christmas omits much of the text from the
1976 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.
1977
106.The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George
Allen & Unwin, [15 September] 1977. Pp. [3]-365
pp. ISBN 0-04-823139-8
107.[Various w>
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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
108.[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 ('Hwaet! we Inclinga...'), p. 176, and clerihews about R.E.
Havard, Owen Barfield (p. 177), Mathew Gervase (p. 186), and Charles Williams
(p. 187). For a detailed list of the texts quoted see Hammond 1993, pp.
335-337.
1979
109.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 (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.
110."Valedictory Adress 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
111.Poems and Stories. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. London: George
Allen & Unwin, [29 May] 1980. 342 pp.
ISBN 0-04-823174-6 Contains reprints of The
Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthlm's
Son", Tree and Leaf, Farmer
Giles of Ham, and Smith of Wootton Major.
112.Unfinished Tales of Númenor 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
113.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
114.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
1982
115.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
116.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
117.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
118.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
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".
119.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
1984
120.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
121.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.
122.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
1986
123.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
124.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
125.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
126.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.
127.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
1990
128.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
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nbsp; 1992 129.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 Anadûnê.
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
130.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
131.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
x 7.5 cm/3.5 x 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
132.'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.
133.The Father Christmas Letters. London: HarperCollinsPublishers,
1994. 3 vols. ([96] pp.)
ISBN 0-261-10317-2
"Mini" book edition. See notes to the original
version, published in 1976.
134.Poems from The Lord of the Rings. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994. [95] pp.
ISBN 0-261-10312-1
135.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
136.I•Lam na•Ngoldathon: 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.
137.Letters from Father Christmas. Edited by Baillie Tolkien.
London: CollinsChildren'sBooks, [November?] 1995. [44]
pp., [10] envelopes, [10] loose plates in
envelopes.
ISBN 0-00-137463-X
See notes to The Father Christmas Letters.
138.[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.
139.'The Túrin Prose Fragment'. In Smith, Arden R., "The
Túrin Prose Fragment: An Analysis of a Rúmilian Document".
In
Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 37 (December
1995), pp. 15-23.
This fragment, so far the only text published
in the Alphabet of Rúmil, corresponds to a passage in "The Tale
of Turambar" (The Book of Lost Tales, part II, pp. 72-73). A facsimile
of the text appears on p. 18.
1996
140.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
141.[Various writings]. In Flieger, Verlyn, A Question of Time: J.
R. R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie. 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) conceo
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