This time a most welcome Hobbit arrived thanks to publisher / translator Kaveesha Nadun Kaggodaarachchi:
the FIRST edition of the Sinhalese Hobbit (Sri Lanka).
Thanks very much Kaveesha!
I now have three editions of the Sinhalese Hobbit: 2013 (first), 2016 (second)and 2018 (third). Click here to see them.
This time a Japanese translation of The Hobbit arrived. Published in 2002 by Iwanami Shoten, Tokio.
Hardback + dust jacket, illustrated by Tolkien (in color and b&w).
Scott Mooney gave me the tip to inquire at amazon japan, thanks Scott.
This Hobbit is # 706 in my Hobbit collection. More information about this Hobbit? Click here.
The Hobbit, published as Revised Edition 1982 by BALLANTINE BOOK USA. Cover by Michael Herring. Different from another Herring edition in 1982 and 1992 (50th Anniversary of The Hobbit)
This time a French Hobbit arrived. Looks a lot like Fra 34 (2015, 1st thus), but there are differences. I bought this Hobbit in Paris on Friday 31 January 2020 when I visited Paris for the great Tolkien Exhibition. This Hobbit is # 702 in my Hobbit collection.
Only a few days after the arrival of Hobbit # 700, a Danish Hobbit arrived into my Hobbit collection as Hobbit # 701. Gyldendal 2019, paperback, cover illustration by Tolkien. No illustrations, alas.
This time a Hobbit in Sorbian arrived, reprint 2018, but Printed On Demand in 2019. Paperback, text same as first print 2012, translated by Edward Wornar.
This Hobbit is # 700 in my Hobbit collection. More information about this Hobbit? Click here.
This time a Hobbit from the US of A arrived. It took me many years to find this copy. Thans to Lance Schnatterly who told me where to find this Hobbit: on eBay (Tony, kenzienana). Thank you Lance and Tony. Hardback, no dust jacket issued, library rebound. BALLANTINE BOOKS, first thus, January 1982.
This Hobbit is # 699 in my Hobbit collection. More informaton about this Hobbit? Click here.
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