The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins

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.