Oct 7, 2025 · The Hobbit has been published in two editions with the second intended to be more in tune with The Lord of the Rings. For example, the first edition makes a reference to …

Jun 4, 2019 · You can but a facsimile first edition with the unchanged story or a copy of the Annotated Hobbit which explains all the changes. Most of the differences are in chapter 5 …

The best source I have found for this is The Annotated Hobbit, which covers the changes in exhausting detail, in a running margin, so that it does not interfere with reading the story.

Jan 3, 2021 · A while back I picked up the facsimile of the first edition of The Hobbit. As some of you know, there are differences between the 1937 first edition and the 1951 revision.

Jan 9, 2012 · A discussion of the publishing histories of J. R. R. Tolkien's books from Peter Harrington Rare Books, with advice on identifying and collecting the first editions.

A series of changes to the book suggest that Houghton Mifflin printed the first edition several times. The earliest copies show the same bowing hobbit emblem on the title page as is visible …

By December 15 of 1937, the first printing was sold out and a second impression was quickly prepared, the Second Impression of the first UK edition. Originally there were 2,300 copies …

"The Hobbit" as now presented fits the new scenario remarkably well, even though Tolkien, for quite sound literary reasons, left this entire matter of Bilbo's dishonesty out (it was an entirely …

Jun 25, 2024 · Did you know Tolkien revised the Hobbit from his first edition in 1937 to a updaed edition that's more in line with The Lord of the Rings in 1951 to an abandoned rewrite in 1960.

Explore the top editions of The Hobbit and learn about its evolution over the decades. Includes ranks for text, artwork, and history.