The following list provides informations about old and special editions of the books by J.R.R. Tolkien and gives an overview of their worth. The prices are authentic market prices (for books in good condition) of the years 2001 - 2003. These books cannot be bought here. The list is by no means complete and at the moment won't be updated. The prices of course are not guaranteed.
The Hobbit, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1937, 1500 pieces printed:
20.000
Later editions until 1960:
200 - 2.000
The Hobbit, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1937, signed by the author:
70.000
The Hobbit, first American edition Houghton Mifflin 1938:
5.000
Picture identical with English edition.
The Hobbit, special edition Allen & Unwin 1976, bound in leather, with slipcase:
350
The Hobbit, special edition Folio Society 1980, with slipcase:
80
The Hobbit, 50th Anniversary Edition 1987, Houghton Mifflin, bound in leather, with slipcase:
150
The Annotated Hobbit, Houghton Mifflin 1988,
annotated and illustrated, with dust jacket:
100
The Hobbit, 60th Anniversary Edition 1997, Houghton Mifflin, bound in leather, with slipcase, illustrated and signed by Alan Lee, 600 pieces printed:
700
The Hobbit, special edition Folio Society 1997, with slipcase:
50
The Hobbit, HarperCollins 1999, bound in cloth and leather, with slipcase, 2500 pieces printed:
150
The Hobbit Collectors Box, HarperCollins 2000. Box contains: book, 8 color postcards of the original paintings, The Map of Wilderland, CD on which Tolkien reads a 30 min excerpt, flyer for the movie:
70
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings & The Silmarillion, Easton Press 1984, 5 books, bound in leather, illustrated by Michael Hague:
400
The Lord of the Rings, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1954 / 1955, 3 books, 3500 printed of each book:
10.000
Later editions until 1965:
300 - 5.000
The Lord of the Rings, first American edition Houghton Mifflin 1954 - 1955, 3 books, 5000 printed of each book:
5.000
Later editions until 1965:
300 - 2.000
The Lord of the Rings, The Reader's Union 1960 (England), 3 books with dustjacket:
260
The Lord of the Rings, Allen & Unwin 1961, 3 books, first English slipcased edition:
800
The Lord of the Rings, Ace Books pirate printing 1965, first American paperback edition, 3 books:
210
The Lord of the Rings, Ballantine Books 1965, official first American paperback edition, 3 books:
100
Later editions until 1973:
50 - 80
The Lord of the Rings, Houghton Mifflin 1965, 3 books, with slipcase:
250
The Lord of the Rings, second revised English edition Allen & Unwin 1966, 3 books:
300
The Lord of the Rings, second revised American edition Houghton Mifflin 1966, 3 books:
170
The Lord of the Rings, first English paperback edition in one volume, Allen & Unwin 1968:
60
The Lord of the Rings, Deluxe Edition Allen & Unwin 1969, India Paper, one volume with slipcase:
1000
The Lord of the Rings, first English book club edition, one volume, Book Club Associates, London,1971:
80
The Lord of the Rings, paperback, Allen & Unwin 1974:
150
The Lord of the Rings, Deluxe Edition Allen & Unwin 1978, one volume with slipcase:
150
The Lord of the Rings, Silver Anniversary Edition Houghton Mifflin 1981, 3 books with slipcase:
450
The Lord of the Rings, illustrated by Alan Lee, Houghton Mifflin 1991, one volume, with dust jacket:
150
The Lord of the Rings, HarperCollins 1997, one volume, India Paper, bound in leather, with slipcase, 1.000 pieces printed:
1.000
The Lord of the Rings, HarperCollins 2000, one volume, India Paper, bound in leather, with slipcase, 2. edition, 980 pieces printed:
500
Picture identical with edition above
The Lord of the Rings, special edition Folio Society 1997, 3 books with slipcase:
150
The Lord of the Rings, Millenium Edition, HarperCollins 1999, 7 books (one of them Appendices), with slipcase:
300
The Lord of the Rings, Millenium Edition, Houghton Mifflin 1999, 7 books (one of them Appendices), with slipcase:
300
The Lord of the Rings, Collector's Edition, Houghton Mifflin 2001, one volume, bound in red leather, with slipcase:
120
Farmer Giles of Ham, first American edition Houghton Mifflin 1950, illustrated by Pauline Baynes:
60
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1962, illustrated by Pauline Baynes:
175
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1962, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, signed by the author:
1100
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, first American edition Houghton Mifflin 1963, illustrated by Pauline Baynes:
80
Picture identical with English edition
The Silmarillion, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1977, bound in cloth, with dust jacket:
100
The Silmarillion, first American edition Houghton Mifflin 1977, bound in cloth, with dust jacket:
40
The Silmarillion, special edition Folio Society 1997, with slipcase:
100
The Silmarillion, bound in cloth and leather, with slipcase, illustrated by Ted Nasmith, HarperCollins 9/2/1998, 500 pieces printed, numbered, signed by Christopher Tolkien and Ted Nasmith:
800
The Silmarillion, bound in cloth and leather, with slipcase, printed on India paper, HarperCollins 2002, 1500 pieces printed:
100
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1979, with slipcase:
200
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, first American edition Houghton Mifflin 1979, with slipcase:
200
Picture identical with English edition.
Unfinished Tales, first English edition Allen & Unwin 1980, with dust jacket:
