A rather unusual story: the cover is almost identical to a Hobbit published in Moscow in 2014 (see Rus 49).
According to the book, the publisher was RDC in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Other sources claim the book was published in Ukraine in 2021, intended for sale in Kazakhstan.
Could it be a pirate edition?
This Hobbit is # 973 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a Hobbit in Russian but printed in Ukrania arrived.
It was a gift from Oleg, who helped me enormously with translating Ruassian names of translators and illustrators into English.
Thanks again, Oleg!
Cover looks like a cover by the Bros., Hildebrandt?
This Hobbit is # 973 in my Hobbit collection.
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For the first time – as far as I know – there is an Eglish Hobbit not published by HarperCollins or redecessors: this time published by WARWICK International Publishing House London.
Same ISBN and cover we see in the first Australian Hobbit (Ingram Content Group Australia, also in 2024).
paperback with many illustrations in b&w.
This Hobbit is # 972 in my Hobbit collection.
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Belarus, 2025, more information? Click here.
Iceland, 2025, more information? Click here.
Romania, 2024, more information? Click here.
Georgia, 2025, more information? Click here.
China (Modern), 2025, more information? Click here.
Romania, 2024, more information? Click here.
This time two oldies joined the collection.
In 2004, a hardback edition of The Hobbit was published in a slipcase. It featured illustrations by Tolkien himself. My collection included the edition printed and bound in Italy. However, I also have two other editions: those printed and bound in China and those in Hong Kong. Their ISBN numbers are different from those of the Italian edition.
I have now added them to my collection.
Here they are all three:
Printed in:
Italy, China, Hong Kong
This time two Hobbits from Uzbekistan arrived, thanks to good friend gololo gololo (thanks José).
Paperback, 2019, first thus (same ISBN as the harback edition from 2019).
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2019 was not the year of the first edition in Uzbekistan. That was 2018:
The real first edition in Uzbekistan, for schools, cyrillic, 2018, FIRST.
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NB: This is a translation into Russian, but printed in Uzbekistan.
So, for me it is a Hobbit from Uzbekistan.
The name of the translator already dit rincle a bell (proper English?).
Thanks Aaron for informing me.
These Hobbits are # 962 and 963 in my Hobbit collection. # 1.000 is coming closer (any help is welcome).
It’s great to be back after six weeks of rehabilitation from a broken femur.
During that time, six new Hobbits showed up. They are listed below.
Thanks to Nicolas (1x Spain, 3x Argentina), Kestutis (Lituania) and amazon (Italy).
The number of Hobbits have now grown to 961.
Spain 1991, more information?Click here.
Argentina, 2010, more information? Click here.
Argentina 2023, more information? Click here.
Argentina 2025, more information? Click here.
Lithuania, Comic Hobbit 2025, more information? Click here
Italy, comic 2025, more information? Click here.
This time a new French Hobbit arrived, beautifully illustrated by Tove Jansson.
This Hobbit is 3 955 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a new edition (2025) of the comic Hobbit by David Wenzel.
Revised and expanded.
This Hobbit is # 954 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a very beautifully illustrated German Hobbit arrived.
Illustrated by Tove Jansson.
This Hobbit is # 953 in my Hobbit collection.
There also is a Danish translation with this cover (2022) and a Norwegean translation (2023).
In October France will follow.
Finland had two illustrated Hobbits by Tove, in 1973 and 2017, but with another front.
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