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Item:THE HOBBIT ~ Tolkien SIS ~ CORRECTED TEXT ~ GORGEOUS HC

THE HOBBIT ~ Tolkien SIS ~ CORRECTED TEXT ~ GORGEOUS HC

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Item number:200398913861
Item location:California, United States
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Format: HardcoverCategory: Fantasy
Publication Year: 2001Sub-Category: --
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THE HOBBIT
~ Corrected Text Edition ~

By J.R.R. Tolkien


SCAN OF ACTUAL BOOK ~ With and Without the Dust Jacket

COVER BY CALDECOTT HONOR WINNER, PETER SIS

Complete with original Maps and Illustrations by Tolkien himself

"EDITOR's NOTE: The HOBBIT was first published in September of 1937. It's 1951 second edition (fifth impression) contains a significantly revised portion of Chapter V, "Riddles in the Dark," which brings the story of THE HOBBIT more in line with it's sequel, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, then in progress. Tolkien made some further revisions to the American edition published by Ballantine Books in February 1966, and to the British third edition (sixteenth impression) published by George Allen & Unwin later that same year.

For the 1995 British hardcover edition, published by HarperCollins, the text of THE HOBBIT was entered into wordprocessing files, and a number of further corrections of misprints and errors were made. Since then, various editions of THE HOBBIT have been generated from that computerized text file. For the present text, that file has been compared again, line by line, with the earlier editions, and a number of further corrections have been made to present a text that, as closely as possible, represents Tolkien's final intended form ...

Douglas A. Anderson, May 2001."

This is the ONLY edition to feature the cover by Caldecot Winner, Peter Sis, and therefore this is sometimes referred to as "The Sis Edition". Be sure and read the physical description that follows...

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      *This is a stunning presentation of THE HOBBIT. As can be seen in the picture, it is lavishly bound with cloth and leather or leatherette [there is no indication stating which and I am not a cow...] with gilt lettering on the front and spine. Since I bought a quantity of these a while back, I have both second and third printings, both copyright 2001 and all Brand new and Absolutely gorgeous! I will send the earliest edition I have short of a first printing which is separately listed. This would make a fine addition to any Tolkien or fine library.

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