J.R.R. Tolkien

The second movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers, is now in theatres. However, don't forget that the books came first, and if you haven't read them yet, now is the time! Conversely, if you have read them, perhaps now is the time to treat yourself to a signed first edition?

Born in 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien grew up to be a major scholar of the English language. His specialties were Old and Middle English, and he worked as a professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford. His most famous works are undoubtedly The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, stories of his fantastical Middle-earth. Humans, elves, dwarves, trolls, orcs and hobbits inhabited this earth, and were brought to life last year in the movie version of The Fellowship of the Ring.

The Hobbit 1st edition, 1945 - $2250.00 Reading Copy - $1.00 The Two Towers 1965 - $350.00 Reading Copy - $1.00	The Fellowship of the Ring 1st U.S. edition, 1954 - $2181.00 Reading Copy - $3.00 The Return of the King 1st edition, 1955 - $750.00 Reading Copy - $3.00	Lord of the Rings The Book of Lost Tales The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth Master of Middle Earth Bilbo's Last Song The Tolkien Reader Smith of Wootton Major The Book of Lost Tales - Part One The Letters of J R R Tolkien