Two Japanese manga Hobbits arrived, found for me by good friend Eric K. who was in Japan.
These two Hobbits are # 866 and 867 in my Hobbit collection.

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This time a new FIRST translation arrived: thanks to Carlos and Aaron (found on eBay): The Hobbit in Kurdish.
Hobbit # 865 and language # 87 in my Hobbit collection.

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And, in this case indeed NEW, a French Hobbit, published this month, October.

This Hobbit is # 864 in my Hobbit collection.
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It was a very good week for new Hobbits. No less than six new Hobbits arrived and so became the number of Hobbits in my collection 863.

Thanks to Kacper from Poland three missing Polish Hobbits and a Romanian arrived. On Catawiki I bought a Danish Hobbit and Brigitte from Germany bought for me (I payed for the book) the new Tolkien Hobbit with no less than 51Tolkien illustrations.

Romanian Hobbit 2012 – more information? Click here. 

Danish Hobbit 2001 – more information? Click here.

Polish Hobbit 2000 – more information? Click here.

Polish Hobbit 2012 – more information? Click here.

Polish Hobbit 1993 – more information? Click here.

And last, but not least the new German edition of The Hobbit with 51 illustrations by Tolkien himself.

Germany 2023 – more information? Click here. 

This time an older Hobbit from the US of A arrived.
Not the same as USA 20, 96 or 162: different spine.

This Hobbit is # 857 in my collection.
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This time three new Hobbits have arrived. One from Korea and two from England.

Hardback 2021, first thus, Korea.
Bought at Korean Book Services (in Germany).

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And two really fabulous Hobbits from England, with 51 illustrations by Tolkien himself.
A harback + dust jacket and a hardback in slipcase. They are beautiful.

Hardback with dust jacket, 2023, first thus, 51 illustrations by Tolkien.
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Hardback in slipcase, 2023, DeLuxe edition (not cheep, but very beautiful and worth every EURO) first thus, 51 illustrations by Tolkien.

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MORE NEWS: DE HOBBIT IN NEDERLAND

This month my book about The Hobbit in the Netherlands was published.

In the book (116 pages) you will find the complete overview of all 113 Dutch editions of The Hobbit since 1960. Plus the three Frisian (a regional language in the Netherlands) editions.
In addition, a lot of information about The Hobbit. And yes, the book is in Dutch.

It is a self-published book and available through my webshop HOBBITHUNTER BOOKSHOP (https://www.hobbithunterbookshop.com/shop2/de-hobbit-in-nederland/).
The price of the book is EURO 15.00, the shipping costs are EURO 4.15 (Netherlands), EURO 9.00 (Europe) or EURO 12.50 (rest of the world).

Thanks to Carlos A. from Uruguay two new Hobbits from Brazil arrived, traded for a Cornish Hobbit.
Thanks Carlos!

Flexible cover, 2002, Martins Fontes, Sao Paulo.
This Hobbit is # 852 in my Hobbit collection.
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Pocketbook, 1997?, Ediciones Del Tey USA
This Hobbit is # 853 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a Hobbit from Spain arrived, the 2023 Revised Edition.
Great to see that Spanish collector Mónica Sanz did the adaption of maps and runes.

This Hobbit is # 851 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time four new Hobbits from South America arrived. Thanks to Nicolas, my contact in Buenos Aires. Gracias, Nicolas!
Two from Uruguay and two from Chili.

I now have 850 Hobbits from 87 countries / in 87 languages.

Uruguay 2023, more info? Click here.

Uruguay 2021, more info? Click here.

Chili 2015, more info? Click here.

Chili 2015, more info? Click here.

This time a Hobbit from Catalonia, part of Spain, arrived. Bought for me by Patrick Chacon. Thanks again, Patrick.

This Hobbit is # 846 in my Hobbit collection (in 87 languages / from 87 countries).
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