Tolkien Translations on eBay
Translations of Tolkien's works (particularly Russian ones) show up often on eBay.
It can be quite tedious to keep checking the listings, looking for that rare language.
Listed below are translated Tolkien books on eBay. To go to the auction page, click on
the link.
This page started out as an experiment,
but it's been going on too long to call it that anymore!
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Note on times: End times for auctions on eBay are given in
Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7 hours) or
Pacific Standard Time (UTC - 8 hours).
eBay in the US (www.ebay.com)
Last updated: Thu May 8, 2008 at 20:15 PDT.
| Language | Description | eBay Seller | Link | Auction Ends |
| German | Der kleine Hobbit | p-happy | auction | May 9, 13:03 PDT |
| Chinese | The Lord of the Rings | potijac | auction | May 9, 19:36 PDT |
| Italian | Lo Hobbit | sandro20011 | auction | May 10, 04:17 PDT |
| French | The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Les aventures de Tom Bombadil) | alan-53 | auction | May 10, 08:43 PDT |
| Russian | The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and other stories (Возвращение Беорхтнота) | dikrang | auction | May 10, 12:03 PDT |
| Hebrew | The Return of the King | corbagi | auction | May 10, 22:28 PDT |
| Dutch | De Hobbit | dika954 | auction | May 13, 12:01 PDT |
| Spanish | The Fellowship of the Ring (La Comunidad del Anillo) + parody | garcioso | auction | May 14, 13:15 PDT |
| Armenian | The Fellowship of the Ring | kilmj | auction | May 14, 13:42 PDT |
| Armenian | The Hobbit (ՀՈԲԻՏ) | kilmj | auction | May 14, 13:58 PDT |
| Japanese | The Fellowship of the Ring (旅の仲間) | rphill2719 | auction | May 14, 20:33 PDT |
| Italian | Il Silmarillion | henrybayle | auction | May 15, 12:45 PDT |
| Italian | The Two Towers (Le Due Torri) | snorkel_it1 | auction | May 15, 14:36 PDT |
| Italian | The Return of the King (Il Ritorno del Re) | snorkel_it1 | auction | May 15, 14:38 PDT |
| French | Bilbo le hobbit | poutine23 | auction | May 15, 15:14 PDT |
| German | Der kleine Hobbit | carp-stephan | auction | May 17, 10:00 PDT |
| German | The Lord of the Rings (Der Herr der Ringe) | bonzo76b | auction | May 18, 09:40 PDT |
| Chinese | The Hobbit (魔戒: 霍比特人) | marksbooksnsuch | Buy It Now | - |
| Chinese | The Lord of the Rings | marksbooksnsuch | Buy It Now | - |
| Chinese | The Silmarillion | marksbooksnsuch | Buy It Now OBO | - |
| Estonian | The Hobbit (Kääbik) | haakrik | Buy It Now | - |
| Estonian | Tree and Leaf (Leht ja puu) | haakrik | Buy It Now | - |
| French | Farmer Giles of Ham (Le Fermier Gilles de Ham) | thot-com | Buy It Now | - |
| French | The Lord of the Rings (Le Seigneur des Anneaux) | edalsyl | Buy It Now | May 11, 04:46 PDT |
| French | The Lord of the Rings (Le Seigneur des Anneaux) | magicyvannah | Buy It Now | May 13, 15:00 PDT |
| French | The Lord of the Rings (Le Seigneur des Anneaux) | bibliotope | Buy It Now | May 16, 13:43 PDT |
| Hebrew | The Fellowship of the Ring | ayalgh | Buy It Now | - |
| Hebrew | The Hobbit (ההוביט) | xeno1979 | Buy It Now OBO | - |
| Hebrew | The Return of the King | ayalgh | Buy It Now | - |
| Hebrew | Tree and Leaf | aviiendha | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Bombadil Toma Kalandjai) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | The Annotated Hobbit (A Hobbit) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | Farmer Giles of Ham (A sonkádi Egyed gazda) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | The Hobbit (A Hobbit) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | Roverandom (Kóborló és a Varázsló) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | The Lord of the Rings (A Gyürük Ura) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | The Lord of the Rings (A Gyürük Ura) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | The Silmarillion (A Szilmarilok) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | The Silmarillion (A Szilmarilok) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | Smith of Wootton Major (A woottoni kovácsmester) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | Tales by Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien Meséi) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Hungarian | Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth (A Gyürü Keresése) | orendeal | Buy It Now | - |
| Italian | The Two Towers (Le due Torri) | gastuli | Buy It Now | May 9, 15:14 PDT |
| Italian | The Return of the King (Il ritorno del Re) | gastuli | Buy It Now | May 9, 15:14 PDT |
| Japanese | The Annotated Hobbit (ホビット・ゆきてかえりし物語) | fujiya903 | Buy It Now | - |
| Japanese | Roverandom (仔犬のローヴァーの冒険) | fujiya903 | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other stories | dikrang | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Hobbit (Хоббит) | dron7770 | Buy It Now OBO | - |
| Russian | The Hobbit (Хоббит) | haakrik | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Hobbit (Хоббит) + The Lord of the Rings (Властелин Колец) | dikrang | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and other stories | dikrang | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Lord of the Rings (Властелин Колец) | dikrang | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Lord of the Rings, abridged!? (Властелин Колец) | haakrik | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Lord of the Rings (Властелин Колец) | haakrik | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Lord of the Rings + The Hobbit | zulfia_ru | Buy It Now | - |
| Russian | The Two Towers (Две Твердыни) | qtip01 | Buy It Now | - |
| Spanish | El Hobbit | jucarisa | Buy It Now | - |
| Spanish | El Hobbit | buy | Buy It Now | May 9, 17:05 PDT |
| Spanish | The Fellowship of the Ring (La Comunidad del Anillo) | dharmaregalos | Buy It Now | - |
| Spanish | The Two Towers (Las Dos Torres) | tierra_adentro_libros | Buy It Now | - |
| Spanish | The Return of the King (El Retorno del Rey) | dharmaregalos | Buy It Now | - |