Links to Bibliography Pages
1910-1937 - The Early Years
1937 - The Hobbit
1938-1953 - The Middle Years
1954-1955 - The Lord of the Rings
1955-1973 - The Later Years
1974-1990 - After Tolkien Part 1
1991-2010 - After Tolkien Part 2
Boxed Sets & Books in Slipcases
The Hobbit is the book that introduces most people to Middle-earth and to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. For many people The Hobbit is also the start of their collecting habit - and what a place to start! Since it's first publcation in 1937, there has been an endless stream of editions, binding variants, cover illustrations and illustrators.
The Unwin Years
1937-1979
1964-65 - magazine serial - see The Princess Hobbit
1980-1990
The HarperCollins Years
1991-1998
1999-Present
Each entry in the bibliography gives details of the maps and illustrations included in a particular edition. Rather than list the illustrations included in the edition for every entry they have been referred to as follows:
The Standard Eight Black & White Illustrations
Many editions include a series of eight black and white illustrations - In some editions these have been coloured by H.E. Riddett.
- The Trolls
- The Mountain-path
- The Misty Mountains looking West
- Beorn's Hall
- The Elvenking's Gate
- Lake Town
- The Front Gate
- The Hall at Bag-End
Colour Illustrations
When there is only a colour frontispiece present the illustration is The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water. Prior to 1974 some editions included four colour illustrations. These were:
- The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water
- Rivendell
- Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves
- Conversation with Smaug
From 1974 five colour illustrations were included in some editions:
- The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water
- Rivendell
- Bilbo woke with the early sun in his eyes
- Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves
- Conversation with Smaug
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