Tolkien 📔Book Covers

[HALETH✒🗡]

Sorry if these had been posted, The Hobbit from Ukraine. I like that Bilbo wears a shirt with his name on it 😂
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I should make a small correction. It's a Soviet edition produced by the Soviet and later Russian publishing house “Prosveshcheniye” (the meaning of the word “prosveshcheniye” in English is “enlightenment”). The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1931.
In addition, I'd like to share some interesting facts about the edition as I read an article about it several weeks ago. The book is intended for students of pedagogical universities specializing in foreign languages. The text is original, though there're only 17 chapters instead of 19. The preface presents a brief biography of Tolkien and an even shorter biography of Tolkien. Also in the foreword "The Hobbit" is compared with "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
I like Bilbo's shirt too, by the way.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

What are the two missing chapters?

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

I should make a small correction. It's a Soviet edition produced by the Soviet and later Russian publishing house “Prosveshcheniye” (the meaning of the word “prosveshcheniye” in English is “enlightenment”). The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1931.
In addition, I'd like to share some interesting facts about the edition as I read an article about it several weeks ago. The book is intended for students of pedagogical universities specializing in foreign languages. The text is original, though there're only 17 chapters instead of 19. The preface presents a brief biography of Tolkien and an even shorter biography of Tolkien. Also in the foreword "The Hobbit" is compared with "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
I like Bilbo's shirt too, by the way.

Thanks for clarifying! I found it on Reddit so my information definitely isn't as reliable as you 😂. I appreciate the information and clarification!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Now, how about this one?

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

What are the two missing chapters?

I don't know exactly but I read in the article that the two missing chapters are briefly included in the text. However, the adventure with the trolls is not in the book.

 

[Radaghast]

Sorry if these had been posted, The Hobbit from Ukraine. I like that Bilbo wears a shirt with his name on it 😂
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What Bilbo might look like if he were in The Yellow Submarine.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

🎵 "He's a real Shire Man,
Wandering his Shire-land . . ." 🎶

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Someone made a short video of the first Russian Hobbit I posted some pics from earlier:

 

[NixoN]

Very interesting article and covers, wrings -- thanks!
I'll show a few here:
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And welcome to TTF! If you'd like to introduce yourself "formally", and say something about your own special Tolkien interests, don't forget our New Members thread:

https://thetolkien.forum/forums/new-members.58/

Hey guys, I've been scrolling through this topic and while I must say I have been collecting the books for about 10 years now and can surely say I know quite a bit about the thousands of editions, there are still covers I had never seen before.

I will be making some pictures of my collection soon.

I collect everything that is not related to the movies, especially covers I like and I try to find rare books for decent prices. The joy for me is in the hunting.

The reason I'm quoting the post above is because of the last cover. The article linked says: "Nine years later (1988) Otechestvo publishing house published “Farmer Giles of Ham” with the original illustrations by Pauline Baynes and translations by Teodora Davidova. And while the first Bulgarian edition of “The Hobbit” can still be found at some second-hand bookshops, “Farmer Giles of Ham” is so rare that is virtually nowhere to be found." ....

I can tell you I know once place where to find it

 

[NixoN]

My collection of Tolkien books (and 4 Rothfuss books)

1st edition of Farmer Giles of Ham in Bulgarian.

Hobbit in Bulgarian

Full set of 1st edition LotR

Full set of 2nd edition LotR

4th edition

LotR and The Hobbit in Vietnamese

If you see a book in the 1st picture you want to see the front cover of, please ask

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

My collection of Tolkien books (and 4 Rothfuss books)

1st edition of Farmer Giles of Ham in Bulgarian.

Hobbit in Bulgarian

Full set of 1st edition LotR

Full set of 2nd edition LotR

4th edition

LotR and The Hobbit in Vietnamese

If you see a book in the 1st picture you want to see the front cover of, please ask

Your collection is great!
I've found books not only in Bulgarian, English and Vietnamese but also in Russian and German in your pictures. Do you know all these languages? And where are you from (if it's not a secret)?

 

[NixoN]

Your collection is great!
I've found books not only in Bulgarian, English and Vietnamese but also in Russian and German in your pictures. Do you know all these languages? And where are you from (if it's not a secret)?

Thanks !

I'm from Belgium.
Quickly glancing over my collection I think I have books in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian & Vietnamese.
I can only speak English, Dutch, French and German though and understand a little bit of Spanish. Sadly most of the times the books in rarer languages come with expensive shipping costs so I tend to only buy them if I am visiting said countries.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I just saw this.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

An interesting article about their creation:

Ace Lord of the Rings book covers

A quick but important update. Thanks to Hildifons Took for sending this information along to me - Niekas #16 (an issue I hadn't seen before now) co...

www.tolkienguide.com

There's more information in the comments section.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Found a bunch of old posts and added them to this thread!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

So, they're "back there" somewhere?

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

So, they're "back there" somewhere?

Mayhap so - many things are oft concealed within Arda, and e'en more so beyond it.

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

These are all truly beautiful book covers! I have a newer version of The Lord of the Rings that looks like this:

 

[Ent]

I have a newer version of The Lord of the Rings that looks like this

I REALLY like the feel of this one you have on my bark, and the way it lays in the notch and twigs of my hands.
I highly recommend it.
Sits by my recliner always, and is my 'go to' for reading.
I've another (two different ones I'm afraid) in the Office, and have it digitally for research of course.