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Publication: The Hobbit or There and Back Again (Revised Edition)

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  • Publication: The Hobbit or There and Back Again (Revised Edition)Publication Record # 286671
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Date: 1978-11-00
  • ISBN: 0-345-27257-9 [978-0-345-27257-7]
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price:
    $2.50?$: US 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 (1973) • by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Notes:
    • Seventy-First printing November 1978. Revised Edition.
    • No printing number line in book.
    • Copyright © 1937, 1938 and 1966 by J. R. R. Tolkien.
    • "The Cover painting, 'Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raftelves'. is by J. R. R. Tolkien. © George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1937, 1951, 1966." On copyright page.
    • Introduction copyright © 1973 by Peter Beagle. Introduction is not titled and is on page 3 by actual count and ends with -Peter S. Beagle (over) Watsonville, California (over) 14 July 1973. Dated to the given date due to it's being used in The Lords of the Rings parts 1-3 printings by Ballantine.
    • First Ballantine Books edition August 1965.
    • Revised Edition: (over) First printing February, 1966 (over) Seventy-First printing November 1978.
    • A not titled or signed explanation of the changes in the revised edition is on page 9 by actual count.
    • Two titled two page maps one on page 10 and the other on page 12. That on page 12 has an initial over initial signature at bottom right.
    • 'The enchanting prelude to "The Lord of the Rings" under the title on front cover.
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