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21 February 202021 February 2020 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED …

This time the FIRST printing of The Hobbit in Catalan (part of Spain) arrived. Published in 1983 by L’ESPERVER in the series Autor Moderns.

This Hobbit is # 703 in my Hobbit collection.
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4 February 20204 February 2020 by Henk Brassien

New Hobbit has arrived …

This time a French Hobbit arrived. Looks a lot like Fra 34 (2015, 1st thus), but there are differences.
I bought this Hobbit in Paris on Friday 31 January 2020 when I visited Paris for the great Tolkien Exhibition.
This Hobbit is # 702 in my Hobbit collection.

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16 January 202016 January 2020 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED ….

Only a few days after the arrival of Hobbit # 700, a Danish Hobbit arrived into my Hobbit collection as Hobbit # 701.
Gyldendal 2019, paperback, cover illustration by Tolkien. No illustrations, alas.

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14 January 202014 January 2020 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED …

This time a Hobbit in Sorbian arrived, reprint 2018,
but Printed On Demand in 2019.
Paperback, text same as first print 2012, translated by Edward Wornar.

**This Hobbit is # 700 in my Hobbit collection.**
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15 December 201915 December 2019 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED …

This time a Hobbit from the US of A arrived. It took me many years to find this copy. Thans to Lance Schnatterly who told me where to find this Hobbit: on eBay (Tony, kenzienana). Thank you Lance and Tony.
Hardback, no dust jacket issued, library rebound.
BALLANTINE BOOKS, first thus, January 1982.

This Hobbit is # 699 in my Hobbit collection.
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11 December 201911 December 2019 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED …

This time a new Russian Hobbit arrived.
Hardback + dust jacket, ACT MOSKWA 2019

This Hobbit is # 698 in my Hobbit collection.
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7 November 20197 November 2019 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED …

This Hobbit arrived from the Recycle Shop in Bolsward (Frisia), thank you Nico!
HarperCollins, paperback 2006, with a yellow dot on spine (there also is an identical 2006 HarperCollins Hobbit with a red dot on spine.

This Hobbit is # 697 in my Hobbit Collection.
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6 October 20196 October 2019 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED ….

This time a Norwegian Hobbit arrived. Movie cover # 2, 2nd printing thus, 2017. Bought for me in Norway by good friends Anno and Kitty, thanks!
This Hobbit is # 696 in my Hobbit collection.

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1 October 2019 by Henk Brassien

NEW HOBBIT HAS ARRIVED …

This Hobbit is the first translation in Lithuanian, published in 1985 by VILNIUS “VITURYS”.
Hardback, do dust jacket issued, illustrations by Mikhail Belomlinsky (he also illustrated the first Russian translation (1976).

This Hobbit is # 695 in my Hobbit collection.
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11 September 201911 September 2019 by Henk Brassien

This time a brandnew Hobbit from Sweden (the country with the first translation of The Hobbit – 1947) arrived. Part of a series of five new covers (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion) by Swedish artist Johan Egerkrans.

This Hobbit is # 694 in my Hobbit collection.

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