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The hobbit, or, There and back again / by J.R.R. Tolkien ; illustrated by the author.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
- Standardized Title:
- Hobbit
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baggins, Bilbo--Fiction.
- Baggins, Bilbo.
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place)--Fiction.
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place).
- Hobbits (Fictitious characters).
- Hobbits (Fictitious characters)--Fiction.
- Wizards--Fiction.
- Wizards.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- There and back again
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [1997]
- Summary:
- Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
- Notes:
- Maps on lining papers.
- Originally published in 1937 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- "The text of this edition of The Hobbit contains all revisions and corrections that have been made since the original publication and conforms in every respect to that of the British fourth edition published by George Allen & Unwin 1978."
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 553094
- ISBN:
- 0739410741
- 9780739410745
- OCLC:
- 43887325
- Publisher Number:
- 01263 Science Fiction Book Club
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