a. First edition 1969 Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. 160p 17.8 × 10.6 cm With the 11th impression, the cover was changed to feature a colour illustration by the Brothers Hildebrandt.
(A) Reissue edition 1986 18 × 11 cm ISBN 0-345-33606-2
Nelson Doubleday(U.S.)
b. New combined edition 1984 Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. viii, 120p 20.8 × 13.8 cm
1975 Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. 176p 19.6 × 12.8 cm. With the thierd impression (1979), the cover was changed to feature an illustration of a tree by J.R.R. Tolkien. ISBN 0-04-820015-8
a. First edition, export copies 1977 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. 368p + 1 plate.(maps) 22.0 × 14.1 cm with dust jacket. ISBN 0 04 823139 8. Also sold with A3r and A5e as Tolkien Library ISBN 0-04-823158-4.
b. First edition, domestic copies 1977 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. 368p + 1 plate.(maps) 22.1 × 13.9 cm with dust jacket. ISBN 0 04 823139 8
h. Limited edition copies 1982 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. 368p + 1 plate.(maps) 22.0 × 14.1 cm With case. ISBN 0 04 823129 8
i. ‘Second edition’, ‘Unicorn’ paperback 1983 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. 448p 19.6 × 13.2 cm ISBN 0-04-823230-0
Houghton Mifflin(U.S.)
c. First edition 1977 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. 366p + 1 plate.(maps) 22.7 × 15.1 cm with dust jacket. ISBN 0-395-25730-1
d. Reset book club edition 1978 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. xii, 372p 20.8 × 13.8 cm with dust jacket. ISBN 0-395-25730-1
j. Trade paperback edition 1983 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. 366p 20.8 × 13.9 cm ISBN 0-395-34646-0
(A)(LC) Illustrated Edition 1998 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Ted Nasmith. 368p 26 × 18 cm ISBN 0-395-93946-1
(A)(LC) Paperback second edition 2001 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. xxiv, 365p 21 × 14 cm ISBN 0-618-12698-8
(A)(LC) Hardcover second edition 2001 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. xxiv, 365p 22 × 15 cm ISBN 0-618-13504-9
(A) Hardcover second edition 2004 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Ted Nasmith. 420p 24 × 20 cm ISBN 0-618-39111-8
Book Club Associates
e. Reset book club edition 1978 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. 416p 19.7 × 12.7 cm with dust jacket.
Ballantine Books(U.S., Paperback)
g. First paperback edition 1979 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. xvi, 464p 17.8 × 10.6 cm ISBN 0-345-27255-2
(A) Reissue 1982 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 458p 17 × 11 cm ISBN 0-345-32581-8
Guild Publishing
k. New reset book club edition 1990 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 416p 19.7 × 12.7 cm
HarperCollins
(A)(BL) Second edition 1991 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 439p 20 × 13 cm ISBN 0-261-10244-3.
(A) 1992 Reissue paperback edition 480p ISBN 0-261-10273-7.
(A)(BL) New edition 1998 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Ted Nasmith. 365p 25 cm ISBN 0-261-10366-0
(A) Deluxe edition 1998 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Ted Nasmith. 368p 25 × 17 cm ISBN 0-261-10373-3
(A)(BL) Ted Nasmith paperback edition 1998 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Ted Nasmith. 365p, [20]p 25 cm ISBN 0-261-10367-9
(A) 1999 Reissue hardcover edition 384p 22 × 14 cm. ISBN 0-261-10242-7
(A) 2001 Gift Pack Boxed edition. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 464p 24 × 16 cm ISBN 0-00712331-0
(A) Deluxe edition 2002. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 384p 25 × 16 cm Bound in cloth and leather, and set in a cloth-bound slipcase. ISBN 0-00713660-9
Maybe ‘the revised, corrected text and including, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951’ means Second edition.
(A) Hardcover second edition 2004 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Ted Nasmith. 416p ISBN 0-00717302-4
(A) Ted Nasmith paperback edition (2008/11/3) Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Ted Nasmith. 416p 19.6 × 12.8 × 3.4 cm. ISBN0-007-28424-1
a. First edition 1980 Edited, introduction, notes, maps by Christopher Tolkien. viii, 472p + 1 plate.(maps) 22.2 × 14.2 cm ISBN 0 04 823179 7
Introduction
Part One: The FIrst Age
Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin
Narn I Hîn Húrin
The Childhood of Túrin; The Words of Húrin and Morgoth; The Departure of Túrin; Túrin in Doriath; Túrin among the Outlaws; Of Mim the Dwarf; The Return of Túrin to Dprlómin; The Coming of Túrin into Brethil; The Journey of Morwen and Nienor to Nargothrond; Nienor in Brethil; The Coming of Glaurung; The Death of Glaurung; The Death of Túrin
Notes
Appendix
Part Two: The Second Age
A Description of the Island of Númenor
Notes
Aldarion and Erendis: The Mainer's Wife
Notes
The Line of Elros: King of Númenor
Notes
The History of Galadriel and Celeborn and of Amroth King of Lórien
Notes
Appendices(Appendix A, The Silvan Elves and their Speech; Appendix B, The sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves; Appendix C, The Boundarues if Lórien; Appendix D The Port of Lond Daer; Appendix E, The Names of Celeborn and Galadriel)
Part Three: The Third Age
The Disasster of the Gladden Fields
Notes
Appendix (Númenorian Linear Measures)
Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan
The Northmen and the Wainriders
The Ride of Eorl
Cirion and Eorl
The Tradition of Isildur
Notes
The Quest of Erebor
Notes
Appendix (Note on the texts, and extracts from the earlier version)
The Hunt for the Ring
Of the Journey of the Black Riders according to the account that Gandalf gave to Frodo
Other Versions of the Story
Concerning Gandalf, Saruman and the Shire
Notes
The Battles of the Fords of Isen
Notes
Appendix
Part Four
The Drúedain
Notes
The Istari
Notes
The Palantíri
Notes
Index
d. First paperback edition 1982 Edited, introduction, notes, maps by Christopher Tolkien. Cover Illustration by Roger Garland. x, 486p 19.8 × 13.0 cm ISBN 0-04-823208-4
Houghton Mifflin(U.S.)
b. First edition 1980 Edited, introduction, notes, maps by Christopher Tolkien. viii, 472p + 1 plate.(maps) 22.8 × 15.0 cm ISBN 0-395-29917-9
c. Reset book club edition 1981 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited, introduction, notes, maps by Christopher Tolkien. xxiv, 488p 20.8 × 13.7-13.8 with dust jacket.
e. First (trade) paperback edition 1982 Edited, introduction, notes, maps by Christopher Tolkien. viii, 472p 20.9 × 13.9 cm ISBN 0-395-32441-6
(A) 2001 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 480p 23 × 16 cm Hardcover. ISBN 0-618-15404-3
(A) 2001 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 472p 23 × 15 cm Paperback ISBN 0-618-15405-1
Ballantine Books(U.S., Paperback)
f. Ballantine Books edition 1988 Edited, introduction, notes, maps by Christopher Tolkien. xiv, 498p 17.5 × 10.5 cm ISBN 0-345-35711-6
Grafton (Paperback)
(A)(BL) 1991 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 472p 20 cm ISBN 0-261-10216-8
HarperCollins
(A) 1992 624p ISBN 0-261-10216-8
(A)(BL) 1998 Reissue paperback edition vii, 611p 18 cm ISBN 0-261-10362-8
(A)(BL) 2000 edition vii, 611p 23 cm ISBN0-261-10215-X
a. First edition 1983 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 298p + 1 plate. 22.2 × 14.2 cm with dust jacket. (The History of Middle-earth I) ISBN 0 04 823238 6
d. First paperback edition 1985 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Cover Illustration by Roger Garland. vi, 298p 19.7 × 12.9 cm (The History of Middle-earth) ISBN 0-04-823281-5
Houghton Mifflin(U.S.)
b. First edition (imported sheets) 1984 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 298p + 1 plate. 22.0 × 14.1 cm with dust jacket. (The History of Middle-earth) ISBN 0-395-35439-0
c. First edition (corrected U.S. sheets) 1984 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 298p + 1 plate. 22.0 × 14.1 cm with dust jacket. ISBN 0-395-35439-0
e. First (trade) paperback edition 1986 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 298p 22.1 × 14.2 cm (The History of Middle-earth I) ISBN 0-395-40927-6
Ballantine Books(U.S., Paperback)
f. Ballantine Books edition 1992 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by John Howe. xxii, 346p 17.4 × 10.6 cm (The History of Middle-earth) ISBN 0-345-37521-1
HarperCollins
(A) 1991 Hardcover edition (The History of Middle-earth I) ISBN 0-261-10202-8
(BL) 1991 Grafton edition. 297p 20 cm (The History of Middle-earth I) ISBN 0-261-10222-2
(A) 1992 Reissue paperback edition 304p (The History of Middle-earth I) ISBN 0-261-10222-2
Del Rey Books (U.S., Paperback)
(A) Del Rey Books edition 1992 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 345p 17 × 11 cm (The History of Middle-earth) ISBN 0-345-37521-1
a. First edition 1984 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 386p + 1 plate. 22.1 × 14.2 cm with dust jacket. (The History of Middle-earth II) ISBN 0 04 823265 3
c. First paperback edition 1986 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. viii, 392p 19.7 × 12.9 cm (The History of Middle-earth II) ISBN 0-04-823338-2
Houghton Mifflin(U.S.)
b. First edition 1984 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. vi, 392p 21.8 × 14.0 cm with dust jacket. (The History of Middle-earth II) ISBN 0-395-36614-3
d. First (trade) paperback edition 1986 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 392p 21.9 × 14.0 cm (The History of Middle-earth II) ISBN 0-395-42640-5
Ballantine Books(U.S., Paperback)
e. Ballantine Books edition 1992 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by John Howe. viii, 392p 17.5 × 10.5 cm (The History of Middle-earth II) ISBN 0-345-37522-X
HarperCollins
(A) 1991 Hardcover edition (The History of Middle-earth II) ISBN 0-261-10213-3
(A) 1992 Reissue Grafton paperback edition 385p 20 × 13 cm (The History of Middle-earth II) ISBN 0-261-10214-1
Del Rey Books (U.S., Paperback)
(A) Reprint 1992 edition Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 391p 17 × 11 cm (The History of Middle-earth) ISBN 0-345-37522-X
a. First edition 1985 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 394p + 1 plate. 22.1 × 14.2 cm with dust jacket. (The History of Middle-earth III) ISBN 0 04 823277 7
c. First paperback edition 1987 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 394p 19.7 × 12.9 cm (The History of Middle-earth III) ISBN 0-04-440018-7
Houghton Mifflin(U.S.)
b. First edition 1985 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. vi, 394p 22.0 × 14.1 cm with dust jacket. (The History of Middle-earth III) ISBN 0-395-39429-5
d. First (trade) paperback edition 1988 Illustrated by J.R.R.Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. vi, 394p 21.9 × 13.8 cm (The History of Middle-earth III) ISBN 0-395-48683-1
HarperCollins
(A) 1991 Hardcover edition (The History of Middle-earth III) ISBN 0-261-10205-2
(A)(BL) 1992 Reissue paperback Grafton edition 393p (The History of Middle-earth III) ISBN 0-261-10226-5
Del Rey Books (U.S., Paperback)
(A) American paperback edition 1994 Edited by Christopher Tolkien. 18 × 11 cm (The History of Middle-earth III) ISBN 0-345-38818-6