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The Annotated Hobbit — Revised and Expanded Edition, 2002 First Printing
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The first American printing of Douglas A. Anderson’s revised and expanded Annotated Hobbit, with the complete story, extensive commentary and illustrations from Tolkien and international editions. Original green binding and unclipped pictorial jacket, with the full number line ending in 1.

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The Annotated Hobbit — Revised and Expanded Edition, 2002 First Printing


The First Printing of the Revised Annotated Hobbit



J.R.R. Tolkien, The Annotated Hobbit, annotated by Douglas A. Anderson. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 2002. Revised and expanded edition, first printing, with the full number line QUM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ISBN 0-618-13470-0.

Anderson’s commentary places Tolkien’s complete story beside notes on its sources, language, revisions and publication history. This extensively revised edition develops the original 1988 Annotated Hobbit, combining close attention to the text with illustrations from Tolkien’s own work and the book’s many international editions.

The additional material includes the original 1937 version of Riddles in the Dark, allowing the encounter with Gollum to be compared with Tolkien’s later revision, together with early poems and the version of The Quest of Erebor designated Version B. Colour illustrations and black-and-white drawings make the book both a substantial reference work and an engaging illustrated edition of the story.

Original Binding and Dust Jacket



In the publisher’s dark green binding, with gilt spine lettering and Tolkien’s monogram, and orange endpapers. The original green pictorial jacket has a circular illustration of Smaug on the front, mountain and tree borders, and orange flaps. Its original $28.00 price is retained on the front flap. A clear protective sleeve is fitted over the jacket.

Condition



A clean, attractive copy in near-fine condition. The green boards retain their colour, the spine lettering is bright, and the orange endpapers and photographed text and illustration pages are clean, with no ownership inscription visible. There are light signs of handling at the extremities. The jacket retains strong green and orange colour; folds and reflections of the clear protective sleeve are visible in the photographs.

The photographs include the unclipped flap, title and copyright pages, colour plates, text with annotations, endpapers and the binding without its jacket. No slipcase accompanies the book.

Bibliographical Reference



The Tolkien Collector, no. 26, p. 9, as recorded in the illustrated U.S. Tolkien bibliography.

A first printing of the substantially revised Annotated Hobbit, in its original unclipped jacket.

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