The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
1984 Illustrated Edition (Reset)
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
ISBN: 0395362903
Hardcover in dust-jacket
x, 294 pp.
Illustrated by Michael Hague
Hammond Page Ref.: pp. 59-60
Notes
Reset; typeset as for the Allen & Unwin 1984 Illustrated Edition (based on the Allen & Unwin 1966 Third Edition with corrections). Dust-jacket blurbs differ.
1st Printing: October 29, 1984 – 81,000 copies
Twenty-two printings issued.
The dark green color of the boards was changed to a lighter green with the 3rd Printing.
A Book Club Edition was also issued in December, 1984 (10,000 copies) by Book-of-the-Month Club with an unpriced dust-jacket.
Jacket price: $19.95; $24.95 (3rd Printing, 1989); $29.95 by the 17th Printing. Book Club Edition RRP: $15.95.
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