NEWS

This time two Hobbits from Uzbekistan arrived, thanks to good friend gololo gololo (thanks José).

Paperback, 2019, first thus (same ISBN as the harback edition from 2019).
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2019 was not the year of the first edition in Uzbekistan. That was 2018:

The real first edition in Uzbekistan, for schools, cyrillic, 2018, FIRST.
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NB: This is a translation into Russian, but printed in Uzbekistan.
So, for me it is a Hobbit from Uzbekistan.
The name of the translator already dit rincle a bell (proper English?).
Thanks Aaron for informing me.

These Hobbits are # 962 and 963 in my Hobbit collection. # 1.000 is coming closer (any help is welcome).

It’s great to be back after six weeks of rehabilitation from a broken femur.
During that time, six new Hobbits showed up. They are listed below.
Thanks to Nicolas (1x Spain, 3x Argentina), Kestutis (Lituania) and amazon (Italy).

The number of Hobbits have now grown to 961.

Spain 1991, more information?Click here.

Argentina, 2010, more information? Click here.

Argentina 2023, more information? Click here. 

Argentina 2025, more information? Click here.

Lithuania, Comic Hobbit 2025, more information? Click here 

Italy, comic 2025, more information? Click here.  

This time a new French Hobbit arrived, beautifully illustrated by Tove Jansson.

This Hobbit is 3 955 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a new edition (2025) of the comic Hobbit by David Wenzel.
Revised and expanded.

This Hobbit is # 954 in my Hobbit collection.
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This time a very beautifully illustrated German Hobbit arrived.
Illustrated by Tove Jansson.

This Hobbit is # 953 in my Hobbit collection.

There also is a Danish translation with this cover (2022) and a Norwegean translation (2023).
In October France will follow.
Finland had two illustrated Hobbits by Tove, in 1973 and 2017, but with another front.

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This time a French Hobbit from 2013 arrived. Looks the same as Fra 33, but this Hobbit is published by a French book club.

This Hobbit is # 952 in my Hobbit collection.
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A new Hobbit, all the way from China, arrived.
A paperback with a wrapper.

This Hobbit is # 951 in my Hobbit collection.

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This time a French Hobbit arrived, bought for me by good friends Eric en Liesbeth during their holidays in France.

This Hobbit is # 950 in my collection.
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A severe rib contusion has left me without the energy to update my site for over two months.
Fortunately, the complaints are now as good as over and today, Easter Sunday, I have added 26 new Hobbits to my site.

Seven times modern Chinese, two times French, two times The Hobbit in two parts from Korea, two Spanish Hobbits, one Russian, one Hungarian, one from Lithuania, one Danish, three from Poland, one from Uruguay (FIRST), also one from Australia (FIRST) and last but not least the two editions of Gaelic (Scotland) (FIRST), again a beautiful edition by Michael Everson of Evertype.
My collection now consists of 935 Hobbits from 97 countries or in 97 languages.

Thanks to Brigitte (Chinese and Korean Hobbits), Eric & Liesbeth (France and Spain) and Kacper (Poland) for their help in purchasing the new Hobbits.

And … the hunt continues.

Once again a new Hobbit from China arrived.

Published in 2024, hardback, no dust jacket issued.
This Hobbit is # 909 in my Hobbit collection.

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