The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End

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.