Collecting Tolkien Books
When looking for Tolkien books on the internet you can search for hours.
Every bookstore online has at least some Tolkien books up for sale. Still
it is always easier, especially if you start looking for a specific book
(like for example a first edition of Tree and Leaf), to get some kind
of overview and a choice between different conditions of that exact book
you are looking for. When looking for scarce Tolkien books, like 1st editions
of the hobbit, signed letters, contributions in periodicals by Tolkien,
etc., you really need some very good booksellers to come up with any result
at all.
It took myself a lot of years before i gave up scouring the web for hours
and just go straight towards my favourite online bookstores. Most of these
list a lot of Tolkien books, and if you know how to search for them even
a lot of scarce Tolkien works. The sellers on these networks mostly know
very well what they have in their hands, so the prizes are mostly high
for better and more collectable items,... but still some days you just
get lucky!
Under here are the bookstores which i visit monthly in my quest for books
by Tolkien and Tolkien related works. If you click on them you can immediatly
search their books for whatever books you are trying to find (or you get
directed straight to these stores). Good luck in your quest! (please leave
some books for me...)
Before going to general bookstores, it is important to know The
Tolkien shop in Holland. It is a full mailorder service for
all material related to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien: books by and about
Tolkien (both new and antiquarian), posters, Tolkien calendars, Tolkien
inspired music, video's, Tolkien games (MERP, METW), artwork inspired
by Tolkien, Tolkien figurines (Mithril Miniatures, Harlequin and others)
and much more. The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, The
History of Middle-earth, you find it all here. It started life back in
1986 as part of the Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor. Over the years the
Tolkienwinkel kept on growing and has now just about everything your Tolkien
heart can desire available. Please go visit it here,
I am sure every Tolkien enthusiast will find something of interest in
it.
If you are looking for older and rare Tolkien books you should go no further. This site always has a big collection of higly collectable Tolkien books, custom rebound books, signed and limited editions. Look here for Rare Tolkien book store!
Barnes
& Noble.com
"World's Largest Bookseller Online"
Advanced
Book Exchange (Abebooks)
"Access the bookshelves of thousands of used, secondhand, rare, and out-of-print
booksellers around the world. With over 10,000 independent sellers and
40 million books in our network, shopping for hard-to-find books just
got easier."
AddALL
Looking for a book? Want a deal? No problem AddALL! Search and Compare
at 41 Bookstores!
BookFinder.com
"The ultimate resource for book shoppers! Over 40 million new, used, rare,
and out of print books at your fingertips..."
Alibris.com
"Welcome to the world of out-of-print, used, and rare books. Find and
BUY the BOOKS you've been looking for right here. Alibris GUARANTEES every
book we ship."
Bibliology.com
"The on-line book fair"
FetchBook.Info
New & used books - Find the lowest price - Compare 72 book stores,
40,000 sellers, in a click.
Used Book
Central
"a site to put Bookseller and Buyer together."
Biblio Direct
"Quality books from quality dealers!"
ChooseBooks.com
Hundreds of Independent Booksellers from around the world...
Biblioroom
in English, French or Dutch.
SearchBiblio.com
"the web's fastest search and price comparison engine for used, rare,
out-of-print, and new books."
UsedBookSearch
"Search 45 million used books worldwide"
Bookavenue.com
"5 million books from over 800 booksellers worldwide. Buy direct and save,
no mark-up. Great books at fair prices."
ILAB-LILA
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
TomFolio.Com
A website for buying and selling used, rare and collectible books, ephemera,
and periodicals, jointly owned by independent member booksellers.
Biblio.com
"buy and sell quality books / used — rare — out-of-print —
hard-to-find / from independent booksellers worldwide"
Wantedbooks.com
"For people who care about books..."
Bibliophile.net
Theey bring together book buyers and booksellers — dealers, publishers
and private presses — and provide interesting links with other book-related
sites. With bibliophile.net, there are no price markups — you
buy directly from the bookseller.
ABookSearch.com
Out of print, old and rare books - order directly from the bookseller. No middle men.
TheBookCellar.com
online retailers of New, Used, Out of Print and Rare books.
Powell's Books
"over a million new and used books in stock" (can use the wildcard "*")