Douglas A. Anderson's first book was The Annotated Hobbit (1988; revised and expanded 2002), and it is mostly for his work on J.R.R. Tolkien that he is known today. He corrected the text in various editions of The Lord of the Rings published between 1987 and 2002, contributing an introductory "Note on the Text" on the complicated publishing history of the work. He co-edited with Verlyn Flieger a critical edition of Tolkien's famous essay about fairy-stories, publishing for the first time Tolkien's extensive draft. This book came out in England in 2008 under the title Tolkien On Fairy-stories. Anderson has also specialized in the history of fantasy literature, and has introduced new editions of works by Kenneth Morris, Clemence Housman, Leonard Cline, and many others. He resurrected E. A. Wyke-Smith 1927 children's book, The Marvellous Land of Snergs, which was an importance source for The Hobbit. Two of his anthologies, Tales Before Tolkien (2003) and Tales Before Narnia (2008), study the sources for the fantasy writings by Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
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