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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 # 424264
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Date: 1987-08-19
  • ISBN: 0-04-823188-6 [978-0-04-823188-8]
  • Publisher: Unwin Paperbacks
  • Price:
    C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
  • Pages: 287
  • 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 by Roger Garland
  • Notes:
    • Printing History:
      • First published in Great britain by George Allen & Unwin 1937
      • Second edition 1951
      • Reprinted eighteen times
      • First published in Unwin Paperbacks 1975
      • Reprinted five times
      • Third edition 1979
      • Reprinted 1979, 1980
      • Fourth edition 1981
      • Reprinted 1981, 1982 (four times), 1983 (six times), 1984, 1985 (three times)
      • Reprinted 1987
    • Exact date from publisher's sticker on the back cover
    • "Cover illustration by Roger Garland" on back cover, no visible signature on the front cover
    • "Illustrated by the author" on title page [two maps and seven drawings, most full-page]
    • Price from stickers on front and back covers
    • "The Hobbit 50th Anniversary" on cover
    • Printed in Canada
  • External IDs:
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