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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 # 380996
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Date: 1978-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-04-823147-9 [978-0-04-823147-5]
  • Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
  • Price:
    £3.95?£: UK pound
  • Pages: 256
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937) • by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Notes:
    • From the copyright page: "Fourth edition © George Allen & Unwin (publishers) Ltd. 1978".
    • From the copyright page: First published in 1937, Fourth impression 1946, Second edition 1951, Tenth impression 1963, Third edition 1966, Tenth impression 1975, Fourth edition 1978.
    • Book size: H 228mm x W 150mm (earlier editions were of a smaller size).
    • Pastedowns and opposite endpapers are printed with black & red maps (Thror's Map and Map of Wilderland) signed by J. R. R. Tolkien.
    • Includes five colour illustrations and eight black and white illustrations.
    • The following information for this edition is taken from TolkienBooks.net: An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography:
      There were five impressions issued under the George Allen & Unwin imprint, all essentially similar: 1st Impression 1978 2nd Impression 1979 3rd Impression 1982 4th Impression 1983 5th Impression 1985
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