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The Hobbit (1981)

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
1981 Ballantine ‘Special Silver Jubilee’ Edition, 77th Printing
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 0345296044
Mass market paperback
288 pp.
Cover illustration by Darrell K. Sweet*
Hammond Page Ref.: p. 33

Notes
77th Printing: April, 1981
79th Printing: August, 1981
80th Printing: September, 1981
1st Printing: January, 1982
2nd Printing: April, 1982
3rd Printing: August, 1982
4th Printing: January, 1983
5th Printing: April, 1983
6th Printing: June, 1983

RRP: $2.50. Sold in a set with The Lord of the Rings.

*The 80th-6th Printings mistakenly credit the cover artist as J.R.R. Tolkien.


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