Hobbithunter

Almost forgotten! I bought this copy already in October, 2011.

Publisher Mynx became publisher Boekerij (same company).

The illustration on the cover is by Erik Kriek. Since 2001 this is the 18th time, that this illustration was used (by Het Spectrum, Uitgeverij M, Mynx and Boekerij).

As far as I know, this is the 76th print of De Hobbit since 1960.

New Chinese Hobbit (traditional).

Published in Taiwan (2011).
Softcover with dustjacket.

Not the same cover as Chinese trad 1: different picture of Frodo and other ISBN number.

Traded for a Dutch Hobbit (1960) with Paula D.

This Hobbit originally was published in a box, together with the three parts of The Lord of the Rings.
Bought for me by Polish collector Marek Sliwinski; Marek, thanks again.

Published by Severo – Zapad in 1991, 200.000 copies.
Nice illustrations by D. Gordeev.

New Vietnamese Hobbit with a long history. My Vietnamese is zero point zero and I did not manage to order a copy from a Vietnames site.
Polish collector Marek S. knew better how to order and he ordered a copy for me.

And then silence followed and it remained silent. Paypal was contacted and December 20 was the dead-line.
Guess what? That very day the Vietnamese Hobbit arrived in Zwolle.
Like they say in England: “All is well that ends well”.

In my webshop HOBBITHUNTER BOOKSHOP I have two special translations of The Hobbit for sale:

First printings (2011) of the Marathi and Bengali Hobbit.

The Marathi translation, first printing 2011

Diamond Publications, ISBN 978 81 8483 374 4
283 pages, hardback + dust jacket, plm 20×25 cm
Translated by Meena Kinikar
Illustrations by Alan Lee (in color and black&white)
NEW book.

Price EUR 26,00
Shipping: Netherlands EUR 2,76, Europe EUR 8,69, Rest of the world EUR 16,15
Click on cover to go to the webshop.

The Bengali translation, first printing 2011
Cinnamon Teal Print and Publishing, ISBN 978 93 80151 93 9
236 pages, softcover, plm. 19×23 cm
Translated by Santi Chatterjee
Illustrations (35 in black&white) by Santi Chatterjee
NEW book.

Price EUR 18,50
Shipping: Netherlands EUR 2,30, Europe EUR 6,32, Rest of the world EUR 10,45
Click on cover to go to the webshop.

New (2011) Norwegian Hobbit, hardback / no dust jacket.

Bought for me by my brother Marius, who lives and works in Norway. Marius, thanks.

For more information on this Hobbit, click on cover.

In 1937 The Hobbit was born in England. So, in 2012 The Hobbit will celebrate his 75th birthday. HarperCollins could not wait: here is another 75th Anniversary edition.

The cover is the original cover 1937 by Tolkien. In the book (hardback + dust jacket, but the format of a pocketbook) nine original illustrations (in b&w) by Tolkien.

I bought this book at my favorite local bookshop: Waanders Boekverkopers Zwolle.

For more information about this book, click on cover.

Catalan (a language in the North-East part of Spain (Barcelona etc.)) Hobbit. Paperback 2010.

Spanish collector Gololo (and NOT Gologo!, sorry mrs Jose!)  bought this book for me (you should pay a visit to his Hobbit website: click here).
Jose: thanks!

For more information on this book, click on cover.

Two new Hobbits arrived: the English edition, illustrated by Michael Hague, published by Grafton in 1992 (bought on Marktplaats).

And a 2011 3-in-1 Swedish edition of the comic version of The Hobbit, illustrations by David Wenze, adeption by Charles Dixon & Sean Demming. Bought by my brother Marius, who lives and works in Norway. Marius, thanks!

For more information about these books, click on covers.

The Bengali translation (2011, first printing) is back in the Hobbithunter Bookshop. And, at a lower price (I payed less costs of shipping India – The Netherlands).

The new price for this worderfully illustrated book is EUR 18,50.
Including postage the price is THE NETHERLANDS EUR 20,80, EUROPE EUR 24,82, REST OF THE WORLD EUR 28,95.

Click on cover to go to the webshop.