The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End
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Overview:
- Title: The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End
- Author: John D. Rateliff, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Year: 2007
- ISBN-10: 9780618969197
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Price: $35.00
- Pages: vi+437
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Non-fiction
- Title Reference: The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End
- Notes:
- "Non-fiction, the second of two volumes printing Tolkien's complete original manuscript of The Hobbit (Allen & Unwin 1937), with extensive annotations by Rateliff. The two volumes are continuously paginated. This volume includes four unpaginated color plates with maps and illustrations by Tolkien, plus an index." - 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 four color plate pages are placed after pg 686. In addition there are two b/w plate pages of elvish manuscript following the ffep.