Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth

First published in the United Kingdom on 2 October 1980.

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Descriptive Bibliography

A17

Abbreviated

UT Hammond & Anderson

0-04-823179-7

1980 1st Edition Hardback

multiple

George Allen & Unwin

1 (1980)

2 (1980)

3 (1980)

4 (1981)

5 (1981)

6 (1982)

7 (1984)

Unwin Hyman

8 (1987)

Last known: 8

0-04-823208-4

1982 1st Paperback Edition

multiple

Cover illustration by Roger Garland

Unicorn / Unwin Paperbacks

1 (1982)

2 (1983)

3 (1983)

4 (1983)

5 (1984)

6 (1985)

7 (1986)

8 (1986)

design series

Cover illustration by Roger Garland

Unwin Paperbacks

9 (1987)

10 (1988)

11 (1989)

design series

Cover illustration by Roger Garland

Unwin Paperbacks

First year: 1990

First known: 12

Last known: 12

design series

HarperCollins Hardback Main Sequence

0-261-10215-X

1992 (First HarperCollins) Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 1992

1

10

11

12

2000 Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

Last known: 3

design series

2006 Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

First: 1

9

10

11

12

13

Last known: 13

HarperCollins B-Format Paperback Main Sequence

0-261-10216-8

1991 Paperback Edition

Grafton

Cover illustration by Roger Garland

1 (1991)

design series

Cover illustration by John Howe

2 (1991)

Last known: 2

1993 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by John Howe

First: 1

Last known: 5

2010 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith

1

2

3

4

Last known: 4

First year: 2014

First known: 11

11

13

15

17

design series

First year: 2024

First known: 18

18

Last known: 18

design series

HarperCollins A-Format Paperback Main Sequence

0-261-10362-8

1998 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by John Howe

First: 1

Last: 3

design series

Cover illustration by John Howe

First: 4

5

design series

First known: 6

12

34

design series

First possible: 7

First known: 14

14

18

21

27

28

31

Last known: 31

design series

2014 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 2014

First known: 37

37

38

Last known: 51

design series

no ISBN

2000 Book Club Associates Edition

HarperCollins for Book Club Associates

First: 1

0-00-754292-5

2013 De Luxe Edition

HarperCollins

1 (2013)

3

4

6

7

8

Last known: 8

design series

0-00-838795-8

2020 Illustrated Hardback Edition

HarperCollins

First year: 2020

1

2

5

6

Last known: 6

design series

0-00-838796-6

40th Anniversary De Luxe Edition

HarperCollins

1 (2020)

3

Last known: 3

design series

0-00-866313-0

Centenary Boxed Set Edition

HarperCollins

Cover illustration by John Howe

1 (2023)

Last known: 2

0-00-878569-4

2026 Special Collector’s edition

HarperCollins

1 (2026)

design series