A Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of J.R.R.
Tolkien
compiled by Åke 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unpublished writings such as an essay on dragons.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quotes from unpublished texts, especially in linguistic studies.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 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
- "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle,
Birmingham, N.S., vol. 25, no. 183 (November 1910), pp. 68-71.
Unsigned.
- "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle,
Birmingham, N.S., vol. 25, no. 184 (December 1910), pp. 94-95.
Unsigned.
1911
- "Acta Senatus". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham,
N.S., vol. 26, no. 186 (March 1911), pp. 26-27.
Unsigned report in Latin.
- "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.
- "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle,
Birmingham, N.S., vol. 26, no. 185 (February 1911), pp. 5-9.
Unsigned.
- "Debating Society [Report]". In King Edward's School Chronicle,
Birmingham, N.S., vol. 26, no. 187 (June 1911), pp. 42-45.
Unsigned.
- "Editorial". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S.,
vol. 26, no. 187 (June 1911), pp. [33]-34.
Unsigned.
- "Editorial". In King Edward's School Chronicle, Birmingham, N.S.,
vol. 26, no. 188 (July 1911), pp. [53]-54.
Unsigned.
1913
- "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
- "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 (revised and expanded edition:
p. 113).
1918
- [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
- "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
- "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.
- 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
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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).
- "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 (revised and expanded edition: pp. 335-337). Later revised and
printed in Oxford Magazine as "The
Hoard" in The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil.
- "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
- "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.
- "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.
- "Philology: General Works". In The Year's Work in English Studies,
London, vol. 4 (1923), pr. 1924, pp. [20]-37.
Review essay.
- "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
- "The Devil's Coach-Horses". The Review of English Studies, London,
vol. 1, no. 3 (July 1925), pp. 331-336.
Essay.
- "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
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.
- 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.
- "Some Contributions to Middle-English Lexicography". In The Review of English
Studies, London, vol. 1, no. 2 (April 1925), pp. 210-215.
Essay.
1926
- "Philology: General Works". In The Year's Work in English Studies,
London, vol. 5 (1924), pr. 1926, pp. [26]-65.
Review essay.
1927
- "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.
- "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.
- "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).
- "Philology: General Works". In The Year's Work in English Studies,
London, vol. 6 (1925), pr. 1927, pp. [32]-66.
Review essay.
- "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.
1928
- "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
- "Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad". In
Essays and Studies by members of the English Association, Oxford, vol.
14 (1929), pp. [104]-126.
Essay.
1930
- "The Oxford English School". In The Oxford Magazine, Oxford, vol.
48, no. 21 (May 29th, 1930), pp. 778-782.
Essay.
1931
- "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
- 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.
- "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).
- "Sigelwara Land". [1]. In Medium Aevum, Oxford,
vol. 1, no. 3 (December 1932), pp. [183]-196.
Essay.
1933
- "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
- "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.
- "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").
- "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.
- "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.
- "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
- "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).
- "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).
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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).
- "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.
- "'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.
- "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.
- "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).
- "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. 74-75) 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.
- "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.
- "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
- 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.
- "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.
- 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).
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 0-618-13470-0). 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, © 1975, TC
1477).
- "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.
- "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
- [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
- The Reeve's Tale: version prepared for recitation at the 'summer diversions'.
Oxford, 1939. 14 pp.
1940
- "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
- 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
- "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun". In The Welsh Review,
Cardiff, vol. 4, no. 4 (December 1945), pp. [254]-266.
Poem.
- "Leaf by Niggle". In Dublin Review, London, 432
(January 1945), pp. 46-61.
Short story. Later reprinted in Tree and
Leaf.
- "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
- "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
- "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.
- "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
- "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
- 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 0-261-10377-6). In this new edition the first manuscript version of Farmer Giles of
Ham is given as well the fragmentary sequel to the story.
1953
- "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).
- "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.
- "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.
- "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; fasc. 129)
Tolkien's essay appears on pp. [63]-76.
1954
- The Lord of the Rings.
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the
Rings. London: George Allen & Unwin, [29 July] 1954. 423 pp.
- The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings.
London: George Allen & Unwin, [11 November] 1954. Pp. [3]-352 pp.
- 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
- "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).
- "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
- "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
- [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
- 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.)
- 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
- "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
- 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
- "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).
- "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
- "Tolkien on Tolkien". In Diplomat, New York, vol. 18, no. 197
(October 1966), p. 39.
Article with autobiographical elements.
- 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 1978 (29th impression, xviii, 251 pp., ISBN 0-345-27681-7).
1967
- "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.)
- 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.
Third edition: [Edited by Leon Berger.] HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002. xi, 84 pp., 1 CD
record. (ISBN 0-00-713655-2). In the third edition a setting of "Lúthien
Tinúviel" (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.
- Smith of Wootton Major. Illustrations by Pauline
Baynes. London: George Allen & Unwin, [9 November] 1967. 61, [1] pp.
1969
- 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.
1971
- [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
- "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
as no. 339.
1974
- 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 0-04-440728-9).
1975
- 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.
- "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.
- 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
- 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".
1976
- 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 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. 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 1976.
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 0-00-137463-X)
Letters from Father Christmas. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1999. 157 pp.
(ISBN 0-261-10385-7)
1977
- The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien.
London: George Allen & Unwin, [15 September] 1977. Pp. [3]-365 pp.
ISBN 0-04-823139-8
- [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
- [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 ('Hwæt! 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
- 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.
- "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
- 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.
- 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
- 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 à Milton Waldman: L'horizon de
la Terre du Milieu". Traduit de l'anglais par Michaël Devaux. In
Conférence, Meaux, no. 12 (printemps 2001), pp. [707]-756 (the letter appears
on pp. [714]-756 with notes by the translator).
See also J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters to Rhona
Beare.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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".
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Annotated Hobbit. See The
Hobbit.
- "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. 76. A later reprint,
with a more correct reading of the poem appears in Gilson, Christopher,
"Narqelion and the Early
Lexicons".
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- '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. 70 (Autumn 1992), pp. 23-24.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- '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.
- Poems from The Lord of the Rings. Illustrated by Alan Lee. London:
HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994. [95] pp.
ISBN 0-261-10312-1
- 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
- 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.
- Letters from Father Christmas. See The Father Christmas Letters.
- '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, which so far was the only text published in the Alphabet of
Rúmil (further texts appear 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.
- [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
- 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
- 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].
- [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) concerning J. M. Barrie's Mary Rose, two quotes from an unpublished note
headed "Elvish time" (pp. 69-70), brief quotes from and discussion of drafts for
the Lothlórien 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
- "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 Ñoldorin) 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".
- "Ósanwe-kenta". Edited with introduction,
glossaries, and additional notes by Carl F. Hostetter. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton,
MD., no. 39 (July 1998), pp. 21-34.
- 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.
- 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
- Letters from Father Christmas. See The Father Christmas Letters.
- "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
- "Etymological Notes on the Ósanwe-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
"Óswane-kenta" was published in
1998.
- "From The Shibboleth of Fëanor". 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
Fëanor" that were excluded from The Peoples of
Middle-earth.
- "Notes on Óre". Edited with notes by Carl F.
Hostetter. In Vinyar Tengwar, Crofton, MD., no. 41 (June 2000), pp. 11-19.
2001
- "Lettre à Milton Waldman: L'horizon de la Terre du Milieu". See
Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
- "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.
- 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
- "Ae Adar Nín: 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.
- "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.
- "The Alphabet of Rúmil". Edited by Arden R. Smith. In
Parma Eldalamberon, Walnut Creek, Ca., no. 13 (© 2001-2002 [pr. 2002]), pp.
3-89.
- 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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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. 368-378. The earliest version of the text is
published in The Peoples of Middle-earth, pp.
279-284, 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.
- 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.
- "'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: "Átaremma (Pater
Noster)", pp. 8-26, "Aia Maria (Ave Maria)", pp. 26-36, and "Alcar i
Ataren (Gloria Patri)", pp. 36-37.
- "'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: "Ortírielyanna
(Sub Tuum Praesidium)", pp. 5-11, and "The Litany of Loreto", pp.
11-20.
2003
- "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)-.
- 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.
- [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.
Forthcoming
- 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",
"Iúmonna 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 Ósanwe-kenta", "From The Shibboleth of Fëanor", "Notes on Óre, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", "Ae Adar Nín", "Alcar mi Tarmenel na Erui", "The Alphabet of Rúmil","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 Túrin Prose
Fragment', "Quendi
and Eldar, Appendix D, "Ósanwe-kenta"<"and
"Narqelion".
Updated the entry concerning Qenyaqetsa.
A few misprints were corrected on 16 June 1999.
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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.
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30 October 1996
| Added entry for The Peoples of
Middle-earth. |
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