A
well-loved copy of The Hobbit here, paperback from Puffin, artwork
again by Pauline Baynes. According to its owner it was purchased
at a school book fair in 1962. Thanks to Rory for this one! It seems this one was from a UK-only single-run printing in which "Dwarves" was 'corrected' to dwarfs, and "Elvish" to elfish,
etc. Tolkien complained to the publisher and it was not released
again. Next is a cheerful
1984 publication in Armenian - great version of Smaug here and very hairy legs. Third in line is a 1977 Hebrew translation of The Hobbit
by Zmora Bitan pub., a first Hebrew translation done by Israeli
air-force pilots to pass the time during their Egyptian
imprisonment. Cover artwork is Tolkien's.
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