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J.R.R. Tolkien, De Hobbit, Dutch, paperback, 1960, 1st printing, published by Spectrum Boeken in 1960.


Dutch, 1960, De Hobbit of daarheen en weer terug, Max Schuchart, Utrecht/Antwerpen: Het Spectrum.
First impression of the Dutch translation of The Hobbit.


A fine copy of a very collectable book.
Some wear to corners, spine, but for the rest a clean fine copy, compared to many I have seen.
Some dedication note "voor juffrouw Ernst van Milja" on the first page.
Textblock stained evenly throughout, looks unread for the rest.

De hobbit. Translated by Max Schuchart. Utrecht/Antwerpen: Het Spectrum, 1960. 'Prisma' no. 529. 240 pp. 18.0 x 10.8 cm. The translation is based on the 7th printing of The Hobbit, published by Allen & Unwin in 1955.

The book has the two maps by Tolkien, Thrors kaart (Thror's Map) on pp. [6-7] and Wilderland on pp. [8-9], with the names of places translated into Dutch and calligraphed in tolkien's style.

At the end of the book, on seven unnumbered pages, is a comment on The Lord of the Rings, with a fragment from 'The Breaking of the Fellowship' starting with 'The day came like fire and smoke' and ending with 'seeking here and there among the rocks and trees' - all of this in Dutch, of course.

A fine copy of a collectable book with original jacket design.

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