The Collection Grows

[Samwise]

LOL, maybe we should, Miss Lynn.

Today I recieved the patch I ordered off of ebay. Very unique indeed.

As of today, one of my collectibles is being "changed". I was playing with my dog this morning, wearing my Hobbit shirt, 'cause I so rarely get to wear it. Well, my puppy, being big an' rough as he is, jumped on me, grabbed a hold of the shirt with his teeth, and r-r-r-r-r-rip! My mother said she could cut off and sew the picture part (of our four Hobbits) onto another shirt. That'll be okay, I never really cared for the fact that the shirt was black, anyway...not my color...

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I discovered an interesting LotR collectible item in a little shop in Heidelberg recently - 3-D figures lasered into glass cubes! (The company manufactures lots of other figures, and what I bought was not LotR, but I thought it would be interesting to show to all of you.) Alas, the website pictures can't show the astonishing detail and the wonderful effect of the figures, which consist of thousands of tiny dots and can be viewed from all sides. The ring, floating diagonally in the glass cube, looks particularly spectacular. The site is in German, but you'll see the "Special: Lord of the Rings" link which takes you to that page. Enjoy!

[Samwise]

Those are cool. Of course I would want a Sam with Frodo to go with him, (if I had that kind of dinero at the moment) but Arwen is done just gorgeously, too.

I was bumping around ebay recently looking for something also totally not-LOTR related, and found THIS . It's probably something other folks have seen before, but I never had. Very cool, 'specially with all the Sams.

[Alatáriël Lossëhelin]

I was bumping around ebay recently looking for something also totally not-LOTR related, and found THIS . It's probably something other folks have seen before, but I never had. Very cool, 'specially with all the Sams.

Stacey, that's a great chess set--you'll love it. The board itself is pretty cool. It has a map of Middle-earth with a faint image of the ring as the light squares and the darker squares are a solid blueish color.

And an excellent find just this afternoon:

Legions of the Haradrim -- 3 piece set (3 inch)
Merry in Rohirrim armor on Stybba (3 inch)
Pippin in Gondorian armor in front of Gandalf on galloping Shadowfax (3 inch)


**and I'm still looking for that darn gaming gift to give myself lol**

[Samwise]

Just won the chess set this afternoon. Don't know if I'll keep it all, as the figures...well, some of the figures pertain more to other folk than they do to me, if you take my meaning.

I am STILL waiting for the sets of cards I last mentioned. Usually I get a little over - anxious, but this time I feel the seller is taking way too long to send me what I bought... Then, as with another time, things do happen that are uncontrollable.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I added something very nice to my LotR collection today - a round puzzle with movie characters and scenes depicted on it. It can be seen here. It's called (translated) 'The Destruction of the Ring' and has 1000 pieces. I love jigsaw puzzles, though I will have to hide this one from myself to get other projects done before I start putting it together!

[Samwise]

VEERY very cool, Miss Estylyn!

I am still waiting for the cards I ordered... I'd sure like to know where in the world they ARE.....

Also waiting for the chess set...but that wouldn't be coming yet.....

[davem]

Ok, here goes!

The Hobbit
The Hobbit (Alan Lee illus)
The Annotated Hobbit

LotR (Alan Lee illus)

The Silmarillion (1st ed hb)
The Silmarillion (Ted Naismith illus)

Unfinished Tales (1st ed)

Bilbo’s Last Song (large P/b & small H/b)

History of Middle Earth (p/b’s & index & 3 vol h/b in slip case)

Farmer Giles & Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Tree & Leaf, Smith of Wooton Major & Homecoming of Beortnoth

Sir Gawain, Pearl & Sir Orfeo

The Monsters & the Critics

Roverandom

The Road Goes Ever On

Artist & Illustrator

Vinyar Tengwar 39 (Osanwe Kenta) & 41

Letters

Carpenter Biography

Tolkien & the Great War

Complete Guide to Middle earth (Foster)

Tolkien’s Legendarium

JRR Tolkien & his Literary Resonances

Tolkien Studies (vol 1)

Tolkien the Medievalist

Tolkien & the Invention of Myth

Meditations on Middle earth

Celebrating Middle earth: LotR as a Defense of Western Civilisation

Splintered Light

A Question of Time

An Introduction to Elvish

A Sindarin Lexicon

Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon

People’s Guide to JRR Tolkien

Master of Middle earth

One Ring to Bind them All

Tolkien in the Land of Heroes

The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien

LotR: The Mythology of Power

Tolkien’s Art

The Inklings

Tolkien: Man & Myth

Tolkien; A Celebration

A Closer Look at LotR (also pub as Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues)

Finding God in LotR

Secret Fire: The Spiritual Vision of JRRT

Of Orc-Rags, Phials & a Far Shore: Visions of Paradise in LotR

JRR Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth

Tolkien in Perspective

Following Gandalf

The Magical World of JRR Tolkien

Frodo’s Quest

TheMaps of Middle earth (boxed set)

Tolkien’s World

Concerning Hobbits & Other Matters

A Tolkien Bestiary

Tolkien: Illustrated Encyclopedia

JRRT: Centenary Conference Collection

A Dictionary of Quenya

Touchstone Magazine Tolkien Special

Silmarillion Audiobook

BBC Hobbit

BBC LotR

BBC Tales from the Perilous Realm (dramatisations)

JRRT: An Audio Portrait

Tolkien: Audio Collection

Fired By the Ring (documentary)

Starlit Jewel

Tolkien Ensemble: An Evening in Rivendell, At Night in Rivendell, At Dawn in Rivendell

JRRT: A Film Portrait of JRR Tolkien

Mallorn 40-42

Amon Hen 173-188

Best of Amon Hen 1&2

Tolkien, A Mythology for England?

The Atlas of Middle Earth

Journey's of Frodo

(on order: new Naismith illus 2nd ed Sillmarillion, & LotR 50th anniversary ed)

(Oh, & various movie stuff)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

My goodness, what an impressive book collection, davem!! Some of those I have recently bought - it would be interesting to hear your opinion on them.

[mark12_30]

...yowza, davem!

[davem]

(EstyLifted from your earlier post)

Bilbo's Last Song - JRRT, illustrated by Pauline Baynes (lovely!)Beautiful - another example (like Smith & Giles) of Baynes' work enhancing Tolkien's)

a book of 20 LotR postcards, with pictures by various artists ( ARRGH! I have this too, & forgot to add it - the first card, Bilbo's Great adventure, is one of my favourite Tolkien illustrations)

The Soddit (Hobbit parody) - A.R.R.R. Roberts (funny)

The Hobbit Companion - David Day (I'm not a big Day fan, but this is a cute, illustrated little volume)

Tolkien: Man and Myth - Joseph Pearce (I've started reading this and am really enjoying it) Certainly one of the better bigraphies!

Tolkien and the Great War - John Garth (the best biog after Carpenter - & if it was the first of a multi vol biography of Tolkien we'd be truly blessed. This book transformed my understanding of Tolkien.

The Real Middle Earth - Brian Bates (Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages)- You'll have to let me know whether this one is any good, as I've been considering buying it.

Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon - Brian Rosebury - this one, along with Shippey's Author of the Century is a central book on Tolkien. Brilliant!

Tolkien's Art - Jane Chance. OK- ish. Iread it about 2 years ago & nothing has really stuck in my mind

The People's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien - essays from TORn authors - a curate's egg - very good in parts, but betrays its origins as a bunch of unrelated essays.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Thanks! It's always interesting to hear what others think of books I'm reading (or planning to). Right now I'm getting to know the song cycle "The Road Goes Ever On" - I noticed that it's on your list of books, davem. I'm curious, as it's a style not necessarily immediately accessible for everyone - do you like the songs?

[Lalwendë]

davem - that's a superb collection!

JRRT: A Film Portrait of JRR Tolkien

Is this the BBC Omnibus documentary which was broadcast some years ago? This was an excellent documentary. I also have a taped edition of The South Bank Show on Tolkien which was well worth seeing.

Has anyone else got the very peculiar Lord of the Rings tarot cards? I found these in a shop in York a while ago. A few years ago I also found a copy of The Tolkien Family Album in one of those remaindered book shops for £1.99. I was looking at it the other day and was horrified/delighted to discover it is a first edition.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Well, davem, I cannot beat that. Although I have a moderately small collection of books ect, People seem to see it as large. Mind you, I live in an area where I'm lucky to meet someone who actually knows what a book is!
But here goes;

From right to left on my book case, first level;

Full-unabridged Silmarillion, by Martin shaw (CDsRead)
Lord of the rings films (animated, RotK, tTT, Fellowship followed by Fellowship and tTT extended editions)
Return of the King (Black paper back)
The Two towers (Black paper back)
Fellowship of the Ring (Black paper back)
Lord of the rings trilogy (Blue, modern classics)
The Hobbit (Hard back, cover illustration by Tolkien)
The Hobbit (Black paper pack)
The Hobbit (third edition, Hard back)- [Very proud of, though I NEVER touch it, its SO fragile]
The silmarillion (Battered, black paper back)
Unfinished tales (Black paper back)

Second level;

History of Middle Earth Vol 1 (Paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 2 (Paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 3 (Paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 7 (Paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 8 (Paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 10 (paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 11 (Paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 12 (Paper back)
History of Middle Earth Vol 13 index (Paper back)
Finding God in Lord of the rings (Hard back)
Wizards, elves and Hobbits (Hard back)

Third level

Tolkien a Biography, by Humphrey Carpenter (Hard back)
Lord of the rings unabridged read by Rob Ingles (Cassettes)
Tales from the Perilous Realm (Black paper back)
Roverandom (Black paper back)
The Lord of the rings BBC dramatisation
The Hobbit BBC dramatisation
The Complete Tolkien Companion (Hard back)

Forth Level

The Hobbit, GameCube, (Game)
The booklet that came with "The Map of Tolkien's Middle Earth"
The booklet that came with "The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand"
Borad of the Rings (Hard back)
The Soddit (Hard Back)

To be continued...

[davem]

Ok, here g)

Originally Posted by Lalwende

Is this the BBC Omnibus documentary which was broadcast some years ago? This was an excellent documentary. I also have a taped edition of The South Bank Show on Tolkien which was well worth seeing.

No, though I have both those documentaries as well. Its a 110 minute video film, narrated by Judy Dench, including in depth interviews with, among others, Christopher (incredible stuff!!!!), Priscilla & John Tolkien, Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger & Rayner Unwin - no longer available as far as I know.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297196/. Tolkien Society did have some stocks, but I think they're out now.
Esty I do like the Road goes Ever On - not exactly my kind of music, but it has strong associations with Tolkien. I especially like Galadriel's Lament, which Tolkien sings on the Audio collection.

[Samwise]

...yowza, davem!

That would sum up my sentiment, I believe....

[Encaitare]

Wow, davem, I am ever so jealous.

I've got some radio recordings as well; one is on a bunch of CDs and it's actually quite good, except for the fact that they take the "stress is usually on the second to last syllable" rule too much to heart, hence they say "Legolas" and "Denethor." I guess they never made it to Appendix E! The other is on cassette tapes and I have yet to listen to it... I'm hoping it's the BBC one with Ian Holm voicing Frodo.

[davem]

ARRGH! again! Also have Author of the Century & Defending Middle earth

Have to admit, probably 90% of my collection was gathered over the last three years, since the appearance of the movies sparked my interest over. Up to then my Tolkien 'experience' was limited mostly to 'repeats' of LotR, Sil, Hobbit, UT & the Radio series.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Davem -

You really have a wonderful collection, especially all the critical studies of Tolkien. There are a number of things I haven't seen in the U.S. -- the Sindarin Lexicon and the Tolkien dictionary plus "Of Orc Rags". Maybe I missed them or they are just not available here?

My main focus has been collecting different editions of the writings. I am gradually dragging together a list and, if I ever get it finished, will put it on this thread.

~Child

[davem]

A Sindarin Lexicon is published by the Tolkien Society - their current bestseller! Its about 50pps & costs £5 in real money .Available through TS sales at their w/site. Really good. Orc Rags is a sort essay, about 15 pps, again available through the TS for the same price. Not as good.

[elronds_daughter]

hmm... so far I've got:
~LotR Trivial Pursuit game
~Several bookmarks
~LotR/Hobbit books box set
~two decks of FotR playing cards, plus the 'collector's tin' they came in
~RotK soundtrack
~Several magazine articles

that's about it. I hope to get more, but considering my limited income, it may not happen. that and my aptitude for spending money the minute i get it. you all have some great stuff! wish i did....

Cheers!
Mithhuaniel (my elvish name, according to the Barrowdowns name-generator)

[Samwise]

Welcome t' the thread, Miss Mithhuaniel ! I say any LOTR collections a good one, as long as you enjoy it!

I just sold some of the bazillion Decipher cards that I had, some scenes from Moria (nothin' major), and a bunch of nasty Orcses.

[elronds_daughter]

thanks, Samwise! in all the long months I've been here, I've seldom been welcomed. I felt a bit left out. I now feel included.
cheers!
Mithh

[Lalwendë]

Any collectors of those little action figures from the films might be interested to know that a new range has started appearing in the shops - includes some interesting figures such as Isildur, Shelob and Gil-Galad. I managed to get Gamling, Coronation Arwen (I call her 'Real' Arwen, seeing as she is not brandishing a sword) and Boromir in Gondorian Armour - this is a very good likeness of Sean Bean, I might take him down the 'Lane to watch the footie some day