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J.R.R. Tolkien Couldn’t Help But Tinker With The Hobbit

Bryan Vore
by  Bryan Vore
A first edition copy of The Hobbit book by J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien Couldn’t Help But Tinker With The Hobbit

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J.R.R. Tolkien Couldn’t Help But Tinker With The Hobbit

by  Bryan Vore
A first edition copy of The Hobbit book by J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien Couldn’t Help But Tinker With The Hobbit

Sources

Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Hobbit. 1st ed. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937.
—. The Hobbit. 75th Anniversary Edition. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
—. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
—. The Lord of the Rings. 50th Anniversary Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
—. “The Quest of Erebor.” The Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1980: 321-36.

Rateliff, John D. The History of The Hobbit. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Sibley, Brian. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.

Riga, Frank P., Maureen Thum, and Judith Kollmann. “From Children’s Book to Epic Prequel: Peter Jackson’s Transformation of Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit.’” Mythlore 32, no. 2 (124) (2014): 97–116.

And a very special thanks to Hennepin County Libraries, New York Public Libraries, and Brooklyn Public Libraries whose very excellent programming made the research on this possible <3


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1st Edition The Hobbit

1st Edition Lord of the Rings trilogy

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