Tolkien Books Database

no ISBN

1954 Hardback Edition (First Edition)

George Allen & Unwin

Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien

1 (1954)

2 (1954)

3 (1955)

4 (1955)

5 (1956)

6 (1956)

7 (1957)

8 (1959)

9 (1960)

10 (1961)

11 (1961)

12 (1962)

13 (1963)

14 (1965)

15 (1966)

0-04-823045-6

1966 Hardback Edition (Second Edition)

multiple

Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien

George Allen & Unwin

1 (1966)

2 (1967)

3 (1968)

4 (1969)

5 (1970)

6 (1971)

Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien

George Allen & Unwin

7 (1973)

8 (1974)

9 (1974)

10 (1978)

11 (1978)

12 (1980)

13 (1983)

14 (1984)

15 (1985)

Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

Unwin Hyman

16 (1987)

17 (1987)

18 (1988)

19 (1988)

20 (1990)

no ISBN

1964 De Luxe Edition

George Allen & Unwin

Slipcase illustrated by Pauline Baynes

First year: 1964

First: 1

Last: 1

no ISBN

1960 Readers Union Edition

George Allen & Unwin for Readers Union

updated

Cover image for 1960 Readers Union Edition

1 (1960)

no ISBN

1977 Folio Society Edition

The Folio Society

First: 1

Last: 3

no ISBN

1987 Guild Edition

Guild Publishing

First: 1

Last: 3

no ISBN

1990 Folio Society Edition

The Folio Society

First: 1

Last: 5

1-85089-414-0

1990 Large Print Edition

Isis/Clio Press

First: 1

Last: 1

0-261-10231-1

1991 Hardback Edition (1998)

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by John Howe

First: 1

Last known: 2

design series

0-261-10292-3

1992 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by Alan Lee

First: 1

Last: 1

no ISBN

1992 De Luxe Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

HarperCollins

First year: 1992

First: 1

Last: 1

no ISBN

1997 Folio Society Edition

The Folio Society

First: 1

Last known: 12

0-00-713659-5

2002 Reset Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by Alan Lee

First: 1

0-00-713663-3

2002 Large Print Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

Last: 2

0-00-720354-3

2005 Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 2005

First: 1

3

6

Last: 8

First year: 2014

9

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

Last known: 21

0-00-752290-8

2013 Collector’s Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

Last known: 2

design series

978-0-00-826406-2

2017 Pocket Edition

HarperCollins

updated

First year: 2017

1

Last known: 1

0-00-837612-3

2020 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by Alan Lee

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Last known: 8

design series

0-00-856712-3

2022 Special Collector’s Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

design series

no ISBN

2024 De Luxe Illustrated Edition

HarperCollins

No cover image

Cover illustration by Alan Lee

First: 1

0-04-823112-6

1974 Paperback Edition

multiple

Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

Unwin Books

1 (1974)

2 (1974)

3 (1975)

design series

Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien

Unwin Paperbacks

4 (1976)

5 (1977)

6 (1978)

design series

0-04-823155-X

1979 Paperback Edition (Third Edition)

Unwin Paperbacks

Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien

1 (1979)

2 (1979)

design series

Fourth Edition Unwin Paperbacks

0-04-823185-1

1981 Paperback Edition (Fourth Edition)

Unwin Paperbacks

Cover illustration by Pauline Baynes

1 (1981)

2 (1982)

3 (1982)

4 (1983)

5 (1983)

6 (1984)

7 (1984)

8 (1984)

9 (1985)

10 (1985)

11 (1985)

12 (1985)

13 (1985)

1986 Paperback Edition

multiple

Cover illustration by Roger Garland

Unicorn / Unwin Paperbacks

1 (1986)

2 (1986)

3 (1986)

4 (1987)

Cover illustration by Roger Garland

Unwin Paperbacks

5 (1987)

6 (1987)

7 (1987)

8 (1988)

9 (1989)

10 (1989)

Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith

Unwin Paperbacks

11 (1990)

12 (1990)

0-261-10235-4

1991 Paperback Edition

Grafton

Cover illustration by John Howe

First: 1

2

Last: 5

design series

1993 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

1999 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 1999

First: 1

Last: 4

First year: 1999

5

6

7

8

9

Last: 15

design series

First year: 1999

First: 16

63

Last: 67

design series

2007 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 2007

First: 68

75

84

87

95

Last known: 109

design series

1999 Book People Edition

HarperCollins for The Book People

First known: 4

4

Last known: 4

0-261-10338-5

1996 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by Alan Lee

First: 1

Last known: 4

HarperCollins B-Format Paperback Main Sequence

0-261-10357-1

1997 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 1997

First: 1

2011 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 2011

First: 1

12

13

20

24

25

26

29

30

33

Last: 34

design series

First year: 2022

35

36

37

40

Last known: 40

design series

no ISBN

1991 Book Club Associates Edition

HarperCollins for Book Club Associates

First: 1

0-00-763767-5

1997 Book People Edition

HarperCollins for The Book People

First: 1

0-00-712382-5

2001 Film Tie-In Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

Last known: 6

0-00-712970-X

2001 Collins Modern Classics Edition

Collins

Cover illustration by John Howe

First: 1

Last known: 12

design series

0-00-714921-2

2002 Film Tie-In Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

Last known: 2

0-00-717197-8

2003 Film Tie-In Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

0-00-711711-6

2001 Voyager Classics Edition

Voyager

First: 1

Last: 2

0-00-768085-6

2001 Book People Modern Classics Edition

Collins for The Book People

First: 1

0-00-726970-6

2008 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by Alan Lee

1

3

5

Last known: 5

0-00-720358-6

2005 Paperback Edition (50th Anniversary)

HarperCollins

Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien

First: 1

Last known: 3

0-00-748831-9

2012 Film Tie-In Edition (B-Format)

HarperCollins

First: 1

0-00-748830-0

2012 Film Tie-In Edition (A-Format)

HarperCollins

First: 1

Last known: 7

0-00-810829-3

2014 Large Print Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

0-00-837606-9

2020 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

0-00-853772-0

2022 TV Tie-In Edition

HarperCollins

First: 1

The Fellowship of the Ring

no ISBN

1954 Hardback Edition (First Edition)

0-04-823045-6

1966 Hardback Edition (Second Edition)

no ISBN

1964 De Luxe Edition

no ISBN

1960 Readers Union Edition

no ISBN

1977 Folio Society Edition

no ISBN

1987 Guild Edition

no ISBN

1990 Folio Society Edition

1-85089-414-0

1990 Large Print Edition

0-261-10231-1

1991 Hardback Edition (1998)

0-261-10292-3

1992 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

no ISBN

1992 De Luxe Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

no ISBN

1997 Folio Society Edition

0-00-713659-5

2002 Reset Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

0-00-713663-3

2002 Large Print Edition

0-00-720354-3

2005 Hardback Edition

0-00-752290-8

2013 Collector’s Edition

978-0-00-826406-2

2017 Pocket Edition

0-00-837612-3

2020 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

0-00-856712-3

2022 Special Collector’s Edition

no ISBN

2024 De Luxe Illustrated Edition

0-04-823112-6

1974 Paperback Edition

0-04-823155-X

1979 Paperback Edition (Third Edition)

Fourth Edition Unwin Paperbacks

0-04-823185-1

1981 Paperback Edition (Fourth Edition)

1986 Paperback Edition

0-261-10235-4

1991 Paperback Edition

1993 Paperback Edition

1999 Paperback Edition

2007 Paperback Edition

1999 Book People Edition

0-261-10338-5

1996 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

HarperCollins B-Format Paperback Main Sequence

0-261-10357-1

1997 Paperback Edition

2011 Paperback Edition

no ISBN

1991 Book Club Associates Edition

0-00-763767-5

1997 Book People Edition

0-00-712382-5

2001 Film Tie-In Edition

0-00-712970-X

2001 Collins Modern Classics Edition

0-00-714921-2

2002 Film Tie-In Edition

0-00-717197-8

2003 Film Tie-In Edition

0-00-711711-6

2001 Voyager Classics Edition

0-00-768085-6

2001 Book People Modern Classics Edition

0-00-726970-6

2008 Illustrated Edition (Alan Lee)

0-00-720358-6