The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins
From Author Wars - https://authorwars.com/publications/the-history-of-the-hobbit-part-one-mr-baggins-206865.html
Overview:
- Title: The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins
- Author: John D. Rateliff, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Year: 2007
- ISBN-10: 9780618968473
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Price: $35.00
- Pages: xxxix+467
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Non-fiction
- Title Reference: The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins
- Notes:
- "Non-fiction, the first of two volumes printing Tolkien's complete original manuscript of The Hobbit (Allen & Unwin 1937), with extensive annotations by Rateliff. This includes eight unpaginated color plates with maps and illustrations by Tolkien." - from Locus1
- First printing per printer's key: DOC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
- With dust jacket. Bound in black with copper-colored print on spine.
- Date code 0907 and price on front jacket flap.
- Jacket illustration attributed to Tolkien on rear jacket flap.
- The eight color plate pages are placed after pg 216. In addition there is one b/w plate page of manuscript and a map following the ffep.