The Hobbit or There and Back Again

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Title	The Hobbit or There and Back Again
Year for Search	1937
Authors	Tolkien, J[ohn] R[onald] R[eul](1897-1973)
Tertiary Authors	Tolkien, J. R. R.
Date Published	1937
Publisher	George Allen & Unwin
Place Published	London
Keywords	English author, Male author
Annotation	Classic children's fantasy novel. Hobbiton-across-the-Water is an arcadia.
Additional Publishers	2^nd. ed. 1951; 3^rd ed. 1966; 4^th ed. 1978; [50^th] anniversary ed. London: Unwin Hyman, 1987 with a “Foreword” by Christopher Tolkien (i-xvi); 75^th Anniversary Edition. London: Harper Collins, 2011, with a “Preface” that is excerpts from the 50^th ed. “Foreword” (v-xiv). For further information see The Annotated Hobbit. Rev. and exp. ed. annotated by Douglas A. Anderson. Illus. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 2002. It includes “The Quest of Erebor” [“Gandalf’s explanation of how arranged Bilbo’s adventure”] (367-77); “On Runes” (368-69); and a bibliography that includes, among other things, an extensive list of editions of The Hobbit.
Author Note	The author (1897-1973) was born in South Africa but was in England from his first year.
Full Text	1937 Tolkien, J[ohn] R[onald] R[eul] (1897-1973). The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London: George Allen & Unwin. 2^nd. ed. 1951; 3^rd ed. 1966; 4^th ed. 1978; [50^th] anniversary ed. London: Unwin Hyman, 1987 with a “Foreword” by Christopher Tolkien (i-xvi); 75^th Anniversary Edition. London: Harper Collins, 2011, with a “Preface” that is excerpts from the 50^th ed. “Foreword” (v-xiv). For further information see The Annotated Hobbit. Rev. and exp. ed. annotated by Douglas A. Anderson. Illus. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 2002. It includes “The Quest of Erebor” [“Gandalf’s explanation of how arranged Bilbo’s adventure”] (367-77); “On Runes” (368-69); and a bibliography that includes, among other things, an extensive list of editions of The Hobbit. Classic children’s fantasy novel. Hobbiton-across-the-Water is an Arcadia. The author was born in South Africa but was in England from his first year.