Reply-To: "Arild Krovoll" From: "Arild Krovoll" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Original books still in print Lines: 6 Organization: TT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:31:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.217.162.216 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tele2.no X-Trace: juliett.dax.net 1069857064 193.217.162.216 (Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:31:04 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:31:04 MET Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!uninett.no!dax.net!juliett.dax.net!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128370 Which L O T R vol 1- 3 edition, still in print, carries the original folded maps, in black and red ? ISBN ? ###### From: "diablo" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: Subject: Re: Original books still in print Lines: 17 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:56:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.31.111.120 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.rdc-kc.rr.com 1069862177 65.31.111.120 (Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:56:17 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:56:17 CST Organization: RoadRunner Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone2.kc.rr.com!news2.kc.rr.com!twister.rdc-kc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128379 don't know if this is what you mean, as its a collectors edition, but... ISBN 0-395-19395-8 steve "Arild Krovoll" wrote in message news:IO2xb.26556$BD3.5030187@juliett.dax.net... > Which L O T R vol 1- 3 edition, still in print, carries the original > folded maps, in black and red ? > > ISBN ? > > ###### From: "Elwë Singollo" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: Subject: Re: Original books still in print Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 17:21:04 +0100 Lines: 15 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 NNTP-Posting-Host: cmipc26.epfl.ch Message-ID: <3fc4d2f1$1@epflnews.epfl.ch> X-Trace: epflnews.epfl.ch 1069863665 128.178.153.207 (26 Nov 2003 17:21:05 +0200) Organization: EPFL Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!epflnews.epfl.ch!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128384 ISBN : 0395193958 is a very nice edition (expensive, though) It has the folded black and red map. Elwë "Arild Krovoll" a écrit dans le message de news:IO2xb.26556$BD3.5030187@juliett.dax.net... > Which L O T R vol 1- 3 edition, still in print, carries the original > folded maps, in black and red ? > > ISBN ? > > ###### From: "Ewan A. Macpherson" Reply-To: emacpher@umich.edu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print References: <3fc4d2f1$1@epflnews.epfl.ch> In-Reply-To: <3fc4d2f1$1@epflnews.epfl.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 9 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:35:29 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.214.14.170 X-Trace: news.itd.umich.edu 1069864529 141.214.14.170 (Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:35:29 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:35:29 EST Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer.eecs.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128386 Elwë Singollo wrote: > ISBN : 0395193958 is a very nice edition (expensive, though) It has the > folded black and red map. However, it only has the Middle-earth map, not the larger scale map of Gondor, Rohan, and Mordor. A pity. e. ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print References: X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) From: sbjensen@midway.uchicago.edu (Steuard Jensen) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <7n9xb.10$_4.3837@news.uchicago.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.12.7 X-Trace: news.uchicago.edu 1069883971 128.135.12.7 (Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:59:31 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:59:31 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: 7n9xb-2080-_4-3726@news.uchicago.edu X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: 2f3e17ce 6947996c caaa73fd e42d0f2b 2a9c76c2 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:59:31 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!enews.sgi.com!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.uchicago.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128426 Quoth "Arild Krovoll" in article : > Which L O T R vol 1- 3 edition, still in print, carries the original > folded maps, in black and red ? > ISBN ? If by "original folded maps" you mean Christopher Tolkien's improved map from 1980, the set with ISBN #0-395-48932-6 may be what you're looking for (it's not the very most updated text, but it's still a very good edition; I'm not sure what the changes are). For lots of detailed information on the various editions, take a look at Stug's guide to current US editions of Tolkien's books, at: http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/editions.html It includes detailed information on the maps in each edition, among much other information. Steuard Jensen ###### X-Abuse-Report: abuse@meganetnews.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 03:50:32 GMT Lines: 17 From: Eglantine Banks Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeeder.edisontel.com!news.newsland.it!newsfeed.nextoneserver.com!news.moat.net!news.primus.ca!news.primus.ca!news3.optonline.net!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news.meganetnews.com!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128477 On a similar note, does anyone know if there are any available editions of the LotR with John Howe's illustrations? I like them better than Alan Lee's, from what I have seen. - Eglantine Banks nicepace@aol.com (My previous copies of LotR are just too worn out to read again and I want to put a new set on my wish list for Santa.) >Which L O T R vol 1- 3 edition, still in print, carries the original >folded maps, in black and red ? > >ISBN ? > ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print References: X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) From: sbjensen@midway.uchicago.edu (Steuard Jensen) Lines: 16 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.12.7 X-Trace: news.uchicago.edu 1069907206 128.135.12.7 (Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:26:46 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:26:46 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: a2fxb-3500-_4-5317@news.uchicago.edu X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: 24b220db 28075d9d 2096f3cc f6a5ae43 81f8a96c Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 04:26:46 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news.uchicago.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128478 Quoth Eglantine Banks in article : > On a similar note, does anyone know if there are any available > editions of the LotR with John Howe's illustrations? I like them > better than Alan Lee's, from what I have seen. I don't think there are, though I believe that the illustrated _Silmarillion_ features his work. The same "Current US Editions" site that I mentioned earlier discusses artwork as well, so you can search its LotR page for Howe's name. The address again is http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/editions.html I hope you find something that sounds appealing. :) Steuard Jensen ###### From: Flame of the West Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:33:44 -0500 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVY5H72Criv0yV3gfv+sAbEKPYSf4bFZqfJoWJksHn9cSQq1oeu5RYjG X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Nov 2003 13:36:08 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507 Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!solnet.ch!solnet.ch!newsfeed.tiscali.ch!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!199.184.165.244.MISMATCH!rcn!feed3.news.rcn.net!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128507 Steuard Jensen wrote: > I don't think there are, though I believe that the illustrated > _Silmarillion_ features his work. The one I'm thinking of has Ted Nasmith's illustrations. Howe is my favorite too, but I'm not aware of any Tolkien book (except the fold-out Hobbit) with his artwork. -- FotW Reality is for those who cannot cope with Middle-earth. ###### Reply-To: "Arild Krovoll" From: "Arild Krovoll" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <7n9xb.10$_4.3837@news.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Original books still in print Lines: 11 Organization: TT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <9gnxb.26645$BD3.5047583@juliett.dax.net> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:47:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.217.162.216 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tele2.no X-Trace: juliett.dax.net 1069940869 193.217.162.216 (Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:47:49 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:47:49 MET Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!newsfeed.vmunix.org!uio.no!uninett.no!dax.net!juliett.dax.net!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128509 "Steuard Jensen" > If by "original folded maps" you mean Christopher Tolkien's improved > map from 1980, the set with ISBN #0-395-48932-6 may be what you're > looking for ( Sorry - none of these is available in bookstores here in Norway. Any better idea ? ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print References: X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) From: sbjensen@midway.uchicago.edu (Steuard Jensen) Lines: 11 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.12.7 X-Trace: news.uchicago.edu 1069946860 128.135.12.7 (Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:27:40 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:27:40 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: MJoxb-4566-_4-7634@news.uchicago.edu X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: fe17a494 b9179c4d e23ce949 ea2a6ad7 83668221 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:27:40 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.uchicago.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128520 Quoth Flame of the West in article : > Steuard Jensen wrote: > > I don't think there are, though I believe that the illustrated > > _Silmarillion_ features his work. > The one I'm thinking of has Ted Nasmith's illustrations. Oh, right. My mistake. :) (And here I had the Editions page right at my fingertipe, too...) Steuard Jensen ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print References: <7n9xb.10$_4.3837@news.uchicago.edu> <9gnxb.26645$BD3.5047583@juliett.dax.net> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) From: sbjensen@midway.uchicago.edu (Steuard Jensen) Lines: 33 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.12.7 X-Trace: news.uchicago.edu 1069947554 128.135.12.7 (Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:39:14 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:39:14 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: CUoxb-4582-_4-7489@news.uchicago.edu X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: fdd2d521 068217ba c2aedaf4 5977187e b23121e1 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:39:14 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news.uchicago.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128521 Quoth "Arild Krovoll" in article <9gnxb.26645$BD3.5047583@juliett.dax.net>: > "Steuard Jensen" > > If by "original folded maps" you mean Christopher Tolkien's > > improved map from 1980, the set with ISBN #0-395-48932-6 may be > > what you're looking for > Sorry - none of these is available in bookstores here in Norway. Hmm. I'm afraid I don't know much about the British editions, which I guess are more likely to be available in Europe than the American ones. (Though you could probably get Amazon.com to ship them to you, if you were willing to pay for it.) The guide to editions website that I mentioned in my last message does have a list of British editions, but only as cover art, not including the full reviews that it has for the US editions: http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/uk/brit_ed.htm If any of them have the full maps, I would guess that the hardcovers in the upper left corner of that page do; the full set has ISBN #0261102346 (assuming that's still an ISBN in British editions; I'm not really on top of these things). If you do have American editions, just not the one(s) that have been mentioned so far, I'd suggest that you just look through the Editions webpage for LotR and search for the year "1980" in the text of the page. That should take you to each version with the "official" map, and you can read right there whether they are fold-out versions or not. (There are several ISBNs that do have the maps you're looking for.) Steuard Jensen ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print questions References: <1xhxb.2716$UG2.2274@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) From: sbjensen@midway.uchicago.edu (Steuard Jensen) Lines: 22 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.12.7 X-Trace: news.uchicago.edu 1070059996 128.135.12.7 (Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:53:16 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:53:16 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: wlQxb-8160-_4-15839@news.uchicago.edu X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: 5d172f1d c1e227da e856f67c fa8d02c6 1cbd1ec4 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:53:16 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!enews.sgi.com!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.uchicago.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128628 Quoth "A Tsar Is Born" in article <1xhxb.2716$UG2.2274@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>: > Steuard -- is there a place in the FAQs that mentions all the > changes JRRT made after the first publication of the trilogy? The more I think about it, the more I think that the changes may be detailed in Wayne Hammond and Douglas Anderson's _J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography_. (It's embarrassing that I don't recall for sure: I've actually read the thing almost cover to cover. But I think I was more "absorbing knowledge" than "storing details" at the time. I guess it's about time to give it another look. :) ) Unfortunately, the excellent Bibliography is out of print and can be hard to find these days (the copy I've read came from my university's library). Bookfinder.com lists copies starting at $94.00. > Also: Is Letters still in print? Very much so: it has even been re-released recently with an vastly improved and expanded index. It's just $10.50 at Amazon.com, for example. Steuard Jensen ###### From: Zachary Howard Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print questions Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 16:46:47 -0500 Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lines: 16 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc7.umbc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: news.umbc.edu 1070142410 6047 130.85.6.7 (29 Nov 2003 21:46:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@umbc.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news2.telebyte.nl!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news2.wam.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!umbc7.umbc.edu!zhowar1 Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128686 Steuard Jensen wrote: > Unfortunately, the excellent Bibliography is out of print and can be > hard to find these days (the copy I've read came from my university's > library). Bookfinder.com lists copies starting at $94.00. Actually, I believe the publisher (Oak Knoll in Newcastle, DE) still has copies of the 2nd printing. At least they did as of September. Try Oakknoll.com. If I remember correctly, the price for a new copy from Oak Knoll was $94.00, so that may be what Bookfinder is listing. The price is high because the print run is low. Zach ###### Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print questions References: X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) From: sbjensen@midway.uchicago.edu (Steuard Jensen) Lines: 16 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.12.7 X-Trace: news.uchicago.edu 1070224441 128.135.12.7 (Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:34:01 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:34:01 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: Zusyb-1028-o5-2292@news.uchicago.edu X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: 69e3ac2f 8ebdf228 12c59a50 d1739d17 0fbd894b Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:34:01 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news.uchicago.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:128797 Quoth Zachary Howard in article : > Steuard Jensen wrote: > > Unfortunately, the excellent Bibliography is out of print and can > > be hard to find these days (the copy I've read came from my > > university's library). > Actually, I believe the publisher (Oak Knoll in Newcastle, DE) still > has copies of the 2nd printing. You know, that _is_ consistent with what I was seeing. Do you happen to know when the second printing happened? (In particular, is it at all recent? Or have a handful of old copies managed to remain unsold despite the movie-inspired upsurge in interest?) Steuard Jensen ###### From: Zachary Howard Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Original books still in print questions Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:47:32 -0500 Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc7.umbc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: news.umbc.edu 1070495253 4575 130.85.6.7 (3 Dec 2003 23:47:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@umbc.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:47:33 +0000 (UTC) To: Steuard Jensen In-Reply-To: Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!feed.news.qwest.net!news.ums.edu!news.umbc.edu!umbc7.umbc.edu!zhowar1 Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:129329 On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Steuard Jensen wrote: > Do you happen to know when the second printing happened? (In > particular, is it at all recent? Or have a handful of old copies > managed to remain unsold despite the movie-inspired upsurge in > interest?) I'm not sure exactly when the second printing happened. I went to the Oak Knoll Book Fest last September and found a cheaper copy in the damaged books section of the store (it happened to be a first printing). A guy who works in their press section mentioned the second printing had been selling more since the movies came out, but I don't think he said when they were printed. If I remember correctly, they had something like 20-40 copies of the second printing left. It's still listed on their website as of today (at $94.00). They had a few copies on the shelf and if you happen to be in Newcastle, DE you can buy it without paying for shipping. On the other hand, you may want to wait for the second edition (although it could be a while); earlier this year, Wayne Hammond wrote: >I've not yet prepared a revised and expanded edition, but Oak Knoll >Press have asked me to do so, and that will be a top priority once my >wife and I have finished our two-volume _J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and >Guide_ for HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin. I expect the new >edition to be at least half again as long as the first (which is over >400 pp.), to accommodate the many new titles, editions, and variants >that have been published since mid-1992, to add much new information >gathered in the past decade, to make the layout and typography less >crowded, and to improve "navigational aids" such an index by page >rather than by entry number/letter. In the meantime, I've published >addenda and corrigenda to the _Bibliography_ in many issues of the >occasional magazine _The Tolkien Collector_ >(http://www.bcn.net/~whammond/collect.html). >> Is there a book source where this might be found used and/or less >>expensive? >I've occasionally seen a used copy at a lower price on abebooks.com, >but not at present. There were only about 1,000 copies of the first >printing, most of which are in libraries or being held onto by >collectors. The copies being sold currently (and most easily through >http://www.oakknoll.com) are from the second printing of 500, now >co-published by Oak Knoll Press and the British Library.