This Hobbit might look like two Hobbits that already are in my collection (Eng 12 and Eng 99), but no. There is a difference:
on the spine of the book there is that little Tolkien dragon. Eng 12: in yellow, Eng 99: in red and Eng 160 (this Hobbit): in orange.
And yes, this Hobbit has the HC logo in white and not in silver, just like on the front cover.
This Hobbit is # 656 in my Hobbit collection.
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It is not my custom to buy special bindings from books. Yet I made an exception for The Hobbit in Latin, in leather bound by Handbuchbinderei Anna Kabs from Weidenthal – Germany.
The book is really beautifully bound with Bilbo by Dutch illustrator Cor Blok on the cover. The content of the book is equal to the first edition (2012) of The Hobbit in Latin.
This Hobbit is # 655 in my Hobbit collection. More infomation about this Hobbit? Click here.
This time an UNWIN Paperbacks Hobbit, printed and bound in Canada, arrived.
But in what year? Book says Third Edition 1966, ISBN says about 1975, but seen the price (Canadian $ 2,75) this book must have been for sale in 1980 or a little later.
Who knows the exact year?
This Hobbit is # 654 in my Hobbit collection.
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Here it is, The Hobbit Facsimile Gift Set 2018 by HarperCollins.
In it the first edition of The Hobbit, an exclusive CD with Tolkien reading from The Hobbit, a special copy of Thror’s Map which reveals the secret moon-runes when held to the light and a booklet that relates the history of The Hobbit.
ISBN 978 0 00 825954 9
This is Hobbit # 653 in my Hobbit collection.
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At last …. after many years of hunting for this FIRST Hobbit from Norway, Magnus H. told me that he had this Hobbit for sale.
This Hobbit now has arrived and he is very welcome in my Hobbit collection.
Hardback with dust jacket, 1972, TIDEN NORSK FORLAG.
This is Hobbit # 651 in my Hobbit collection. More information? Click here.
A very beautifully illustrated (by D. Gordeev) Hobbit from Russia. ACT Moscow 2015, hardback with dust jacket.
This Hobbit is # 652 in my Hobbit collection. More information? Click here.
This time a Polish Hobbit arrived. Hardback + dust jacket.
2017, first thus, ZYSK I S-KA WYDAWNICTWO. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
This Hobbit is # 650 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a Swedish Hobbit arrived.
Pocketbook, RoS POCKET – RABÉN & SJÖGREN, 1985, illustrations (b&w) by Tolkien.
This Hobbit is # 649 in my Hobbit collection.
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Left: Russian Hobbit, hardback no dust jacet issued, Litsey St. Petersburg, 1992.
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Right: new translation 2018 by Moisés Barcia of The Hobbit in Galiacian. About 70% is said to have been renewed. Illustrations by Tolkien. 300 copies printed?
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These two Hobbits are # 647 and 648 in my Hobbit collection.
Esperanto, first printing 2000. Hardback, no dust jacket issued.
This is Hobbit # 644 in my Hobbit collection. More information about this Hobbit? Click here.
HarperCollins paperback 2011. For sale in the Indian subcontinent only.
This Hobbit is # 645 in my Hobbit collection. More information about this Hobbit? Click here.
Printed in Venezuela, minotauro – booket. Different seize from Venezuela 2015 and other ISBN-number.
This Hobbit is # 646 in my Hobbit collection. More information about this Hobbit? Click here.
Left: DeLuxe Edition Germany 2012, hardback in slipcase. This is Hobbit # 642 in my Hobbit collection.
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Right: The Hobbit 80 Years, in box with The Lord of the Rings (three books) England 2017. This Hobbit is # 643 in my Hobbit collection.
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