Adjustments to hobbithunter.nl

Adjustments to hobbithunter.nl as of December 8, 2024

[  ]  From now on, you can browse from the previous book to the next book within each country/language.

[  ]  It will also soon be possible to view more than one scan per book. This change will take effect from the first new entry.
Existing books will follow later (that will take a while, because with over 900 Hobbits that is quite a job).

[  ]  And: the response form is no longer sent via info@hobbithunter.nl, but via hobbits@planet.nl.

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED ….

Recently, several new editions of The Hobbit have been released in China. This is one of them:

A Hobbit (together with an information booklet about Tolkien and his work) with no less than 24 illustrations by Tolkien in the beginning of the book.

This Hobbit is # 908 in my Hobbit collection.
More information about this Hobbit? Click here.

 

 

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED ….

This time a new Hobbit from Italy arrived. A DeLuxe edition with no less than 51 illustrations by Tolkien himself.

This Hobbit is # 907 in my Hobbit collection.
More information about this Hobbit? Click here.     

The absolute novelty is that The Hobbit now has a new Italian translation for the first time in fifty years.

Not a repetition of the “classic” translation, as it was in 2013, but a complete remake, made by AIST member Wu Ming 4 , born Federico Guglielmi. In fact,
The Hobbit was still missing from the retranslation of Tolkien’s complete works, inaugurated by Bompiani in 2017 . This beautiful new edition offered the hook to fill the gap.

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED …

This time a very special Hobbit has arrived. Found for me by the great illustrator Octokwan (thanks again, Octokwan).

As far as I know it is the first official edition published in Taiwan. So far I only had a few Taiwanese pirate editions in English.
If you can tell me more, please let me know.

Octo Kwan October 24: NOT the first printing, first printing was in 2001. Thanks Octo Kwan.

This Hobbit is # 906 in my Hobbit collection and brings the number of countries/languages to 94.

More information about this Hobbit? Click here.

Three new Hobbits arrived …..

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.
More information about this Hobbit? Click here.


Cover by Tolkien himself, Hobbit # 901.
More information about this Hobbit? Click here.


Cover by Alan Lee, Hobbit # 902.
More information about this Hobbit? Click here.

 

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED ….

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.
More information about this Hobbit?  Click here. 

SEVEN NEW HOBBITS HAVE ARRIVED ….

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!

The Welsh Hobbit, click here.

The Tove Jansson Hobbit from Norway, click here.

And the five Hobbits from France: