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The Hobbit (1988)

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
1988 50th Anniversary Ballantine Edition (Reset), 23rd Printing
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 0345339681
Mass market paperback
xiv, 306 pp.
Cover illustration by Michael Herring
Hammond Page Ref.: pp. 64-66

Notes
23rd Printing: September 1, 1988
27th Printing: February, 1989
29th Printing: September, 1989
34th Printing: January, 1992

The 23rd, 27th and 34th Printings (and possibly the 29th Printing) were also Sold in a ‘Special Book Club Edition‘.

RRP: $4.95. Sold in a set with The Lord of the Rings.


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