The Hobbit
Subtitle: or There and Back Again
By: by J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780261102217
Copyright date: 1978
Other titles: The Hobbit; There and Back Again
Description: This newly reset edition is based on the third edition of 1966, but also contains a number of further corrections of misprints and errors. It represents as closely as is possible Tolkien's final intended form.
Notes: Illustrated. Book card. First chapter of sequel, The Lord of the Rings, after main text.

This new reset edition published in hardback by HarperCollinsPublishers 1995

First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin 1937
Second edition 1951
Third edition 1966
Fourth edition 1978

Set in Monotype PostScript Plantin Light

Printed and bound in Great Britain
Table of contents: label: I
title: An Unexpected Party
pagenum: 3; label: II
title: Roast Mutton
pagenum: 28; label: III
title: A Short Rest
pagenum: 44; label: IV
title: Over Hill and Under Hill
pagenum: 53; label: V
title: Riddles in the Dark
pagenum: 66; label: VI
title: Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
pagenum: 86; label: VII
title: Queer Lodgings
pagenum: 106; label: VIII
title: Flies and Spiders
pagenum: 132; label: IX
title: Barrels Out of Bond
pagenum: 159; label: X
title: A Warm Welcome
pagenum: 176; label: XI
title: On the Doorstep
pagenum: 188; label: XII
title: Inside Information
pagenum: 198; label: XIII
title: Not at Home
pagenum: 217; label: XIV
title: Fire and Water
pagenum: 228; label: XV
title: The Gathering of the Clouds
pagenum: 237; label: XVI
title: A Thief in the Night
pagenum: 247; label: XVII
title: The Clouds Burst
pagenum: 253; label: XVIII
title: The Return Journey
pagenum: 264; label: XIX
title: The Last Stage
pagenum: 272; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Thror's Map
pagenum: pages viii and ix; title: The Trolls
pagenum: page 38; title: The Mountain-path
pagenum: page 59; title: The Misty Mountains looking West
pagenum: page 103; title: Beorn's Hall
pagenum: page 117; title: The Elvenking's Gate
pagenum: page 162; title: Lake Town
pagenum: page 178; title: The Front Gate
pagenum: page 194; title: The Hall at Bag-End
pagenum: page 279; title: Map of Wilderland
pagenum: pages 282 and 283