Collecting Tolkien Books - online book stores
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. 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"
AbeBooks.com
"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."
Biblio Direct
"Quality books from quality dealers!"
UsedBookSearch
"Search 45 million used books worldwide"
A.B.A.A.
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America was founded in 1949 to promote interest in rare and antiquarian books and book collecting, and to foster collegial relations.
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"
Powell's Books
"over a million new and used books in stock" (can use the wildcard "*")
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