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here(1) Publishing history is rather short - two editions of Hobbit, one edition of LoTR.
The first edition of Hobbit (database has no entry, so I am just using my own book. Sorry for flashlight reflection on the cover, and I hope I have transcribed evrerything correctly)
ISBN: 5-410-00159-1
1991 Rīga, Sprīdītis
Translated by Zane Rozenberga
Afterwrod by Zane Rozenberga
Illustrated by Laima Eglīte
194 pages
24 full color, full page illustrations + sepia illustrations before and after each chapter. Of course, Tolkienists will argue that Elfs are not exactly green, they don't have wings and have no resemblance to ents... But this was meant to be a children book. Both maps are included, but they are drawn after the original maps, not merely translated.
The recent editions of Hobbit and Lotr ( I am simply taking the entries from national library public database, which should have data about all books published in Latvian after 2001 or so. It is www.lnb.lv - but it lacks some user-friendliness, especially.)
"Hobits jeb turp un atpakaļ" - ISBN 9984224171 2002 Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC,
translated by Zane Rozenberga, 308 [7] pages, with maps, 20cm; Cover art by Aigars Truhins.
Homepage of the publishers states that this editions includes Tolkien's illustrations from the first edition of Hobbit in 1937. Sorry for the cover picture, but that's the only one I found.---------------------------------------
LoTR:
Gredzenu pavēlnieks. 1.d. Gredzena brālība.(Fellowship of the Ring)
ISBN 9984055795
2002, Rīga Jumava
Translated by Ieva Kolmane
507, [11] pages. ; 23 cm.
Foreword by Andersons Dagless
Cover by Zatravkins Deniss
Gredzenu pavēlnieks, 2.d. Divi torņi (The Two Towers)
ISBN 9984055795 (ies.)
2003, Rīga Jumava
Translated by Ieva Kolmane
407, [16] pages ; 23 cm.
Cover by Zatravkins Deniss
Gredzenu pavēlnieks, 3.d. Ķēniņa atgriešanās (The Return of the King)
ISBN 9984058611 (ies.)
2004, Rīga Jumava
Translated by Ieva Kolmane
350, [11] p. ; 23 cm..
Cover by Zatravkins Deniss
Appendixes not included------------------------------
All 3 parts of LoTR looked similar - they are hardcover books, with paper jacket. Pictures above show the paper jacket, the cover itself looks like this
sorry flashlight again...:
(Obviously, this is The Two Towers, but if I am not very mistaken, they all looked the same or pretty much the same)
None of the 3 books is illustrated, however they do include maps in a form of illustrations.
Unfortunatly I don't know how to help about (2), maybe someone else can?
Publisher homepages are -
Zvaigzne and
Jumava - maybe you can find something there.