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New Italian Hobbit

Annotated version 2001 (Douglas A. Anderson) from Italy. Bought from Roberto B. on eBay.

09

05 2010

New Catalan (part of Spain) Hobbit

 

New Catalan Hobbit (part of Spain), bought on eBay.

09

05 2010

Russian Hobbit all the way from Siberia

Russian Hobbit 1989 from Siberia. Bought on eBay from Lyuba K.

09

05 2010

Norwegian Hobbit must be Swedish Hobbit

This Hobbit was announced as a Norwegian one. Alas, he comes from Sweden. He was only printed in Norway and his name was no longer Hompen (like in 1947) or Bilbo (in a new translation). So now Norwegian Hobbit 7 is Swedish Hobbit 10.

10

04 2010

New English Hobbit

George Allen & Unwin, 1984. HB + DJ, illustrated by Michael Hague.
Bought on eBay from Shelly K.

09

04 2010

New German and Norwegian Hobbit

Brand new, published in 2010. Bought on eBay from German bookshop Buch24.

Once again a Hobbit bought for me by my brother Marius.

04

04 2010

New Swedish Hobbits

Comic version by Dixon / Wenzel, part 1

Comic version by Dixon & Wenzel, part 2.
Part 3 is still missing. Can anybody help me?

13th print, 1994

15th print, 1998.

All these Swedish Hobbits were bought for me on a Swedish “ebay” by my brother Marius, who lives and works in Norway. From Sweden they were sent to me by Willem G. He now lives in Sweden, but he used to live in the same Dutch town as I do. Thanks Marius & Willem!

04

04 2010

Two Polish Hobbits have arrived, thanks to Marek S. Both are the comic version of The Hobbit.
Still, they are different. One has a hardback and the other one has a soft cover.Polish Hobbit 8Polish Hobbit 9

14

03 2010

Pleasure in Reading

A “new” Hobbit has arrived. Although, new? It has no spine cover, but still this Hobbit is very welcome.
But if anyone has a double copy WITH a spine cover ……English Hobbit 109

22

02 2010

At last: The Hobbit from QPB Club

Pretty hard to find, but there he is: The Hobbit from the Quality Paperback Book Club. QPB Club is not mentioned in the book and it has an already existing ISBN-number: 0 395 17711 1. The foreword is by Christopher Tolkien (the same foreword as in the 50th anniversary slipcased Collector’s Edition (see English Hobbit 41).

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02 2010