Tolkien 📔Book Covers

[Erestor Arcamen]

So, they're "back there" somewhere?

Yeah it adds them chronologically so they're at the beginning of the og Book Covers thread 😁

Edit: it's only the first 10 comments in this thread and then my fist Book Covers post is still on page 1

Post in thread 'Tolkien Book Covers' https://thetolkien.forum/threads/tolkien-book-covers.28961/post-533288

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

A few Bombadils.

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Hmm... Nice. Is this a good book? I haven't read yet as I am slowly inching myself through bit by bit into his deeper legendarium. Someone told me to start with The Silmarillion....

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

It's a collection of 16 poems, assembled by Tolkien in the 1960s, and given an introduction placing them with the Red Book papers, although several predate, or were originally unrelated to, the legendarium. The first two are about TB, but all are interesting. For example, you can read there "Errantry", which Tolkien adapted for Bilbo's song about Earendil at Rivendell.

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

I see.... I may have to check that out. Thanks.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Here's one of the shorter ones:

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Hmm.. Very intriguing... Good poetry too.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Yes, I memorized that one, many decades ago, when it and the others were printed in the first Tolkien book I ever bought:

That edition brought several previously published short works together, including the important essay "On Fairy-Stories". You can read about the volume here:

The Tolkien Reader - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

But all have been reprinted several times since, including in this hardcover I bought (many years later):

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Nice books. I have also considered getting the 'Letters by Tolkien' book... What book do you recommend right after reading The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I'm trying to stay on topic, so I'll just say "This one". 😃

But feel free to start a new thread for your question. 🙂

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

I see... Thanks.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

I have The Tolkien Reader but if course can't find it. I think it's the boring Ballantine Books edition

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Well, I didn't find it boring! In fact, it led me to get The Hobbit and LOTR.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Well, I didn't find it boring! In fact, it led me to get The Hobbit and LOTR.

Del Ray, sorry

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

@Elbereth Fawnbow if you need a copy, Half Priced Books has them for $5

The Tolkien Reader

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hpb.com

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

So, what was boring about it? 🤔

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

So, what was boring about it? 🤔

The cover, not the contents. I like this one, for example

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Yeah, that's the one I posted up there.

Anyway, some more covers of various languages:

 

[Elthir]

And sometimes the "front" is on the "back"!

 

[HALETH✒🗡]