This time a very special Hobbit arrived: first printing from Thailand (1976).
It was a trade with Carlos from Uruguay. Thanks, Carlos!
!976, paperback, FIRST
This Hobbit is # 903 in my Hobbit collection.
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You may think whatever you want about it, but I looked at what TEMU from China has to offer in Hobbits.
The sequel: three new Hobbits arrived.
They are Hobbits # 900, 901 and 902 in my collection.
Very nice cover, Hobbit # 900.
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Cover by Tolkien himself, Hobbit # 901.
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Cover by Alan Lee, Hobbit # 902.
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This time a new French Hobbit has arrived, a LARGE PRINT edition from 2022.
The Hobbit is a story that Tolkien told his children before they went to sleep.
In France you must be 16 years or older to read the book?
Since long time the tilte is LE HOBBIT and not BILBO LE HOBBIT.
This Hobbit is # 899 (yes, almost 900) in my Hobbit collection.
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This time no less than seven new Hobbits have arrived.
I now have a collection 0f 898 Hobbits from 93 countries / in 93 languages.
First there is a new translation of The Hobbit. This time a translation into Welsh.
Then there is a Hobbit from Norway, beautifully illustrated by Tove Jansson.
And last nut not least five Hobbits from France. fellow collector Yvan Strelzyk needed more room and so he had a number of French Hobbits for sale. I bought some 20 of them and five of them have now entered my collectiom Merci bien, Yvan!
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The Tove Jansson Hobbit from Norway, click here.
And the five Hobbits from France:
And yes, the two Hobbits that arrived this time really are NEW.
First there is a great NEW TRANSLATION: The Hobbit into Romanish, spoken in a part of Switzerland. Translated by Not Soliva and published by EDIZIUN APART (thanks, Leander!).
Hardback with dust jacket. # 891 in my collection.
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New Hobbit # 2: since a very long time The Hobbit from Luxemburg was sold out. Now there is a new edition.
Translated by Henri Wickens and published by OP DER LAY.
This Hobbit is # 891 in my collection.
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This time a Hobbit from Germany. # 44 from that country. He looks like # 33, but there are differences, especially at the back of the book:
Left: # 33, right # 44. More information about # 44, click here.
This Hobbit is # 889 in my Hobbit collection.
This time a Hobbit from Mongolia arrived, thanks to Adiya!
It is not the first Hobbit from Mongolia, but is is the first official translation.
Four earlier Hobbits (2009, 2013, 2016 and 2018) were illegally translated from Russian.
This Hobbit is # 888 (yes, triple eight) in my Hobbit collection.
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And not just A Hobbit, a Hobbit that at this moment is a TOP 3 Hobbit in my collection.
Thanks to Constantin!
This Hobbit is # 887 in my Hobbit collection. More information about this Hobbit? Click here.
And yes, it is a Hobbit for Russian schools to learn English. I traded this book with a Russian translator. He received my book “De Hobbit in Nederland”.
This Hobbit is very beautrifully illustrated by E. Lapshinopva, see here for some of the ten really beautiful illustrations:
This time no less than eight new Hobbits arrived. Most of them thanks to colleague collector Aron from Ireland: thanks again, Aaron.
These eight new Hobbits bring the total number of Hobbits in my collection to 886.
Hobbit in Arabic, printed in Egypt.
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French edition of the Catlin Hobbit, maybe the most beautifully illustrated Hobbit?
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Argentina 2002
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USA already a Hobbit like this one, now the UK has too.
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Denmark 1992
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Wenzel Hobbit 2001, 1993 and 1993
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This time, thanks to Brigitte, a new Hobbit from Romania arrived.
RAO, 2023, 1st thus, hardback + dust jacket, beautiful cover by Stefan Hilden.
This Hobbit is # 878 in my Hobbit collection.
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