This time another German Hobbit arrived. hardback with dustjacket, book club edition.
This Hobbit is # 979 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a Hobbit from Germany arrived.
Paperback, 2022, Bilbo on cover with the eye of Smaug.
This Hobbit is # 978 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a Hobbit from the US of A arrived:
Pocketbook, 1984, 8th printing (rev. ed.).
Not the same as USA 46 (f.e. THE HOBBIT in whit, USA 46: THE HOBBIT in black.
This Hobbit is # 977 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a Swedish Hobbit arrived. Hardback no dust jacket issued, 2013, movie cover II.
This Hobbit is # 976 in my Hobbit collection.
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Tis time a new Hobbit from Turkey arrived.
Hardback with dust jacket, published by ithaki in 2023.
Illustrated by Tolkien (black & white) AND Alan Lee (in color)
This Hobbit is # 975 in my Hobbit collection.
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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 # 974 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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Indeed, 2026 started off well with no fewer than six new Hobbits, thanks to Brigitte from Germany.
This brings the total number of Hobbits to 971. 1,000 is getting closer and closer.
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
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