The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Overview:
- Title: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
- Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Year: 1978
- ISBN-10: 0048231479
- Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
- Price: £3.95
- Pages: 256
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
- Notes:
- From the copyright page: "Fourth edition © George Allen & Unwin (publishers) Ltd. 1978".
- From the copyright page: First published in 1937, Fourth impression 1946, Second edition 1951, Tenth impression 1963, Third edition 1966, Tenth impression 1975, Fourth edition 1978.
- Book size: H 228mm x W 150mm (earlier editions were of a smaller size).
- Pastedowns and opposite endpapers are printed with black & red maps (Thror's Map and Map of Wilderland) signed by J. R. R. Tolkien.
- Includes five colour illustrations and eight black and white illustrations.
- The following information for this edition is taken from TolkienBooks.net: An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography:
There were five impressions issued under the George Allen & Unwin imprint, all essentially similar:
1st Impression 1978
2nd Impression 1979
3rd Impression 1982
4th Impression 1983
5th Impression 1985