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Publication: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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  • Publication: The Hobbit, or There and Back AgainPublication Record # 122011
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Date: 1968-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-04-823070-7 [978-0-04-823070-6]
  • Publisher: Unwin
  • Price:
    8/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
  • Pages: 279
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1966) • by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Notes:
    • "This edition © George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1966"
    • "First published in 1937"
    • "Second impression 1937"
    • "Reprinted 1942"
    • "Reprinted 1946"
    • "Second edition (fifth impression) 1951"
    • "Sixth impression (second edition) 1954"
    • "Seventh impression 1955"
    • "Eighth impression 1956"
    • "Ninth impression 1957"
    • "Tenth impression 1958"
    • "Eleventh impression 1959"
    • "Twelfth impression 1961"
    • "Thirteenth impression 1961"
    • "Fourteenth impression 1963"
    • "Fifteen impression 1965"
    • "Third edition (sixteenth impression) 1966"
    • "Seventeenth impression 1966"
    • "Eighteenth impression 1967"
    • "Nineteenth impression 1967"
    • "Twentieth impression 1968"
    • Back cover states "An early sketch by the author"
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