it's really a shame because the book beowulf and the critics only wets your appetite further.
i still wonder why all mr tolkien's academic journals and pieces still have yet to be reprinted, yeah they are specialized knowledge for philogists but should be made to the general public rather than existing only as collector's items. I've been lobbying the original publisher for instance and the tolkien estate to republish the old english exodus as it's a book so scarce my library cannot get a copy.
two or three articles by J.R.R. Tolkien have been released by Oxford university as electronic journals, but unless you belong to a specific university that subscribes to it, or pay money for private use downloads you'll never be able to read them.
Fortunetely i know of a tolkien book collector who was able to make photo copies of sigelwara land parts 1&2 from the journal of medieval studies Medium Aevum. too bad the legibility of some of the article is lost in the black and white photo copy. If i had the money i would go to the university of wisconsin where the majority of his manuscripts are stored, they only allow limited access however and note taking, and will only supply photocopies if you have the prior written consent of the tolkien estate, and you might even have to sign a release waiver claiming you will not share the material or publish it in any form.
I would like to see fascimile editions of the first edition's of the lord of the rings and especially the hobbit before the revisions or alterations were made to the text.
i'm suprised there is no fan preservation project by electronic scanning and pdf, but they are probably affraid of the wrath of the tolkien estate.