Red Book of Westmarch

The Red Book of Westmarch was a red, leather-bound book written by the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his household-heir Frodo Baggins (with supplemental information later added by Samwise Gamgee), which chronicled both their adventures, as well as background information which the Bagginses had collected. 
Bilbo Baggins started the book recounting his quest to Erebor, which he entitled There and Back Again. He later gave the book to Frodo at Rivendell after completing it. Frodo organized Bilbo's manuscript and used it to record his own Quest of the Ring.The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, I: "Concerning Hobbits" 
== Description & history ==
Inscribed within, it reads:
Bilbo's translations of legends from the Elder Days were also added to it, as were various Hobbit poems and a significant amount of background information on the realms of Arnor, Gondor and Rohan, added to it by Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck.The Lord of the Rings, Prologue: "Note on the Shire Records"
After Bilbo and Frodo left for Valinor, the Red Book passed into the keeping of Samwise Gamgee, Mayor of Michel Delving. The book was left in the possession of Sam Gamgee's eldest daughter, Elanor Fairbairn, and her descendants the Fairbairns. Several copies, with various notes and later additions, were made and the original was kept in a red case (with a three-volume Elvish Translation and a fifth volume [genealogical tables and commentaries]). Copies were passed on to future generations, of which one, the "Thain's Book", is the most important.
The copy kept at Great Smials, however, was made in Gondor by Findegil in FO 171, and was said to have been requested by Peregrin Took's great-grandson.
The cover was properly red colored; and had signature print on the top, shaped as a shine of light. It also had stitch patterns and beautiful marks around the edges. Bilbo Baggins' initials BB were imprinted on the cover in gold and it was very smooth, soft and silky to the touch. On the inside, there was a page of contents; writing each story by the four owners. There is a chance that The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (a book of poems) was written by Samwise Gamgee. However, it is unknown what Elanor Gardner wrote.
== Behind the scenes ==
In the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien's foreword claimed he had translated the Red Book from the original Westron into English, and it therefore must be supposed that copies of the book survived through several Ages.
The contents of the Red Book were probably as follows:
*Bilbo's journey: The Hobbit
*Frodo's journey: The Lord of the Rings
*Background information: the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings
*Hobbit poetry and legends: The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Fastitocalon
*Bilbo's translation of legends: The Silmarillion
== See also ==
*Third Age
*Westmarch
*The Red Book (YouTube channel)
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Rooi Boek van Westemark
Albanian 	Libri i Kuq i Kufirit Perëndimor
Amharic 	የምዕራቡ ድንበር ቀይ መጽሐፍ
Arabic 	الكتاب الأحمر من الغرب الثغر
Armenian 	Արեւմտյան մարկա Կարմիր գիրքը
Assamese 	পশ্চিম সীমান্তৰ ৰঙা কিতাপ
Azerbaijani 	Qərb sərhəddi Qırmızı Kitab
Belarusian Cyrillic	Чырвоная кніга Захаду марка
Bengali 	ওয়েস্ট সীমান্তপ্রদেশ রেড বুক
Bosnian 	Zapada granica Crvena Knjiga
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Червената книга на западния предел
Catalan 	Llibre vermell d'Occident marca
Chinese 	西域红皮书
Chinese (Mainland) 	西界红皮书
Croatian 	Crvena knjiga Zapada Marka
Danish 	Vestmarch Røde bog
Dutch 	Rode Boek van de Westmark
Esperanto 	Ruĝa Libro de Okcidento markio
Estonian 	Lääne mark Punane raamat
Filipino 	Pulang aklat ng Kanluran hangganan
Finnish 	Länsikairan Punainen kirja
French 	Livre rouge de la Marche de l'Ouest
Galician 	Libro Vermello do Oeste Marca
Georgian 	დასავლეთ მხარის წითელი წიგნი
German 	Das Rote Buch der Westmark
Greek 	Κόκκινο Βιβλίο των Δυτικών Συνόρων
Gujarati 	પશ્ચિમ સરહદની રેડ બુક
Haitian Creole 	Wouj Liv nan Lwès Fwontyè tè
Hindi 	पश्चिमी सीमांत की लाल किताब
Hebrew 	ספר האדום של שפילת-המערב
Hungarian 	A Nyugati határ Vörös Könyv
Icelandic 	Vesturmarke Rauður Bók
Indonesian 	Barat perbatasan Buku merah
Italian 	Libro Rosso dei Confini Occidentali
Japanese 	西境の赤表紙本
Kazakh 	Батыс шекарасының қызыл кітабы (Cyrillic)Batıs şekarasınıñ qızıl kitabı (Latin)
Korean 	서쪽의 국경 토지 빨간 책
Kurdish 	کتێبی سووری سنووری ڕۆژئاوا (Sorani) Sor Pirtûka Rojavayê mark (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Батыш чек арасынын Кызыл китеби
Laotian 	ປື້ມສີແດງຂອງຊາຍແດນຕາເວັນຕົກ
Latvian 	Rietumu robeža sarkanā grāmata
Lithuanian 	Raudonoji knyga Vakaru Marka
Macedonian Cyrillic	Црвена книга од Запад граница
Malayalam 	പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ അതിർത്തിയിലെ റെഡ് ബുക്ക്
Malaysian 	Buku Merah Sempadan Barat
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Улаан Ном нь Өрнөдийн хил хязгаар
Nepalese 	पश्चिम सिमानाको रेड बुक
Norwegian 	Vestmarks Røde bok
Persian 	کتاب سرخ سرحد غربی
Pashto 	د لویدیځ سرحد سور کتاب
Polish 	Czerwona Ksiega Marchii Zachodniej
Portuguese 	Livro Vermelho da Marcha Oeste
Livro Vermelho das Terras Ocidentais
Punjabi 	ਵੈਸਟਰਨ ਫਰੰਟੀਅਰ ਦੀ ਰੈੱਡ ਬੁੱਕ
Russian 	Алая книга Западных пределов
Scottish Gaelic 	Leabhar Dearg an Lar chrìochan
Serbian 	Црвена књига Западне Међе (Cyrillic) Crvena knjiga Zapadne Međe (Latin)
Sinhalese 	බටහිර දේශසීමා රතු පොත
Slovak 	Cervená kniha Západu March
Slovenian 	Rdeca knjiga Zahoda Marka
Spanish 	Libro Rojo de la Frontera del Oeste
Swedish 	Västmarkgrevskap Röd bok
Tajik Cyrillic 	Сурх Китоб аз Ғарб сарҳад
Tamil 	மேற்கு எல்லையின் சிவப்பு புத்தகம்
Thai 	หนังสือสีแดงของชายแดนตะวันตก
Turkish 	Bati hudut Kirmizi Kitap
Turkmen 	Günbatar serhediň gyzyl kitaby
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Червона книга Заходу mарка
Urdu 	ریڈ بک آف دی ویسٹرن فرنٹیئر
Uzbek 	Ғарбий чегаранинг Қизил китоби (Cyrillic) G'arbiy chegaraning Qizil kitobi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Sổ đỏ biên giới phía Tây
Welsh 	Llyfr Coch y Ffin Orllewinol
Yiddish 	רויט ספר פון די מערב פראָנטיער
== References ==
de:Rotes Buch der Westmark
fr:Livre rouge de la Marche de l'Ouest
it:Libro Rosso dei Confini Occidentali
tr:Westmarch'ın Kırmızı Kitabı
ru:Алая Книга
Category:In-universe books