The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R.
Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. It is recognized as a classic in children's literature and is one of the best-selling books of all time, with over 100.
Learn about the first edition of The Hobbit, published in 1937, and its differences from the second edition and The Lord of the Rings. See the illustrations, the misspelling, and the changes in the story and the characters. New York Times Book Review J.R.R.
TOLKIEN (1892 1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. www.readthehobbit.com.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is the first published novel by J.R.R. Tolkien set in Middle-earth. The book was first published on September 21, 1937 and is set in the years 2941 to 2942 of the Third Age before the events of The Lord of the Rings.[1] Initially intended as a standalone story for children, it was later realigned more into the Middle-earth legendarium by 1951, when a revised.
The Hobbit was accordingly followed, over a decade later, by its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. The plot and characters combined the ancient heroic Anglo. The Hobbit is the book that introduces most people to Middle-earth and to the works of J.R.R.
Tolkien. For many people The Hobbit is also the start of their collecting habit - and what a place to start! Since it's first publcation in 1937, there has been an endless stream of editions, binding variants, cover illustrations and illustrators. > Enquire about this book #pc0082 - The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Tolkien - First American Edition, 1938 - 15500 EUR A rare first American edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1938. This copy retains its original dust jacket with the publisher's gold band and features Tolkien's iconic illustrations.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. Written for J.R.R.
Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a. The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Tolkien, 2012, Mariner Books edition, Paperback in English - 75th Anniversary Edition; First Mariner Books Edition (1). 255 pages, hardcover, with color original dust-jacket illustrated by Tolkien. This text contains all revisions and corrections that have been made since the original publication, and conforms to the British Fourth Edition published by George Allen & Unwin in 1978.