The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
1973 Ballantine Edition, 41st Printing
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 0345235126
ISBN: 0345240316 (from 1974)
ISBN: 0345248260 (from 1975)
ISBN: 0345253426 (from 1976)
ISBN: 0345272579 (from 1977)
Mass market paperback
288 pp.
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hammond Page Ref.: p. 33
Notes
41st Printing: April, 1973*
42nd Printing: September, 1973
43rd Printing: September, 1973**
44th Printing: October, 1973
45th Printing: October, 1973
46th Printing: January, 1974
47th Printing: February, 1974
48th Printing: March, 1974
49th Printing: May, 1974
50th Printing: June, 1974
51st Printing: September, 1974***
52nd Printing: December, 1974
53rd Printing^
54th Printing: April, 1975
55th Printing: July, 1975
56th Printing: October, 1975
57th Printing: November, 1975
58th Printing: March, 1976
59th Printing: June, 1976
60th Printing: August, 1976
61st Printing: February, 1977
62nd Printing: June, 1977
63rd Printing: June, 1977
64th Printing: August, 1977
65th Printing: October, 1977
66th Printing: November, 1977
67th Printing^
68th Printing: January, 1978
69th Printing: February, 1978
70th Printing: May, 1978
71st Printing: November, 1978
72nd Printing^
73rd Printing: August, 1979
74th Printing: June, 1980
75th Printing: August, 1980
76th Printing: August, 1980
Minor cover changes were made throughout the print run such as the removal of the ‘Authorized Edition’ statement on the front and back covers (with the 54th Printing) and the addition of a ‘Special Book Club Edition’ notice for certain printings (seen on 41st and 45th Printings).
The corresponding SBN codes to the ISBNs given above are 345235126 (1973), 345240316 (1974) and 345248260 (1975).
RRP: SBN/ISBN and price changes were made with the following printings: 41st Printing ($1.25); 49th Printing ($1.50); 54th Printing ($1.75); 58th Printing ($1.95); 65th Printing ($2.50). Sold in a set with The Lord of the Rings.
*Internally, this 41st Printing (with Tolkien’s cover art) is identical to the 41st Printing of the 1966 Revised Edition (with Remington’s cover art) except for its last page. However, the 41st Printing (w/Tolkien’s cover art) used for the ‘Special Book Club Edition‘ has an identical last page to the earlier 41st Printing (w/Remington’s cover art).
**An appreciation by Peter S. Beagle was added to the preliminaries with the 43rd Printing.
***With the 51st Printing, the full ‘U.S. Printing History’ list was no longer printed.
^Not yet seen, may not exist.
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