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The Annotated Hobbit (1988)

by J. R. R. Tolkien, ed. Douglas A. Anderson

9780395071229

The Annotated Hobbit is an edition of The Hobbit with commentaries by Douglas A. Anderson. It was first published in 1988 by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first American publication of The Hobbit, by Unwin Hyman, London.

This book includes many illustrations by Tolkien and others not appearing in the published The Hobbit, also reprints the original version of the "Gollum" chapter and several early Tolkien poems.
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References
Letter from Father Christmas to John, Michael, Christopher and Priscilla Tolkien • 23 December 1932 (#1954), This letter contains images of Gollum and Smaug in the Goblin Tunnels, characters from The Hobbit.
Letter from C.S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves • 4 February 1933 (#1769), p. 1
Carpenter #15: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth (Allen & Unwin) • 31 August 1937 (#15), pp. 2-3, p. 227
Carpenter #163: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to W. H. Auden • 7 June 1955 (#476), p. 4, p. 38
Carpenter #25: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Editor of the Observer • 20 February 1938* (#28), p. 5, p. 84, p. 228, p. 234, p. 329
Carpenter #17: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • 15 October 1937 (#19), p. 8 (note 1)
Carpenter #27: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Houghton Mifflin Co. • 12 March 1938 (#31), p. 10, p. 234
Carpenter #98: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • Undated (circa 18 March 1945) (#223), p. 11
Letter from Arthur Ransome to J.R.R. Tolkien • 13 December 1937 (#106), p. 48
Carpenter #257: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Bretherton • 16 July 1964 (#631), p. 61, p. 149
Carpenter #306: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Michael Tolkien • 11 October 1968 (#679), p. 65, p. 114, p. 313
Carpenter #232: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Joyce Reeves • 4 November 1961 (#607), p. 66
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Joy Hill • 13 March 1961 (#1856), p. 67
Carpenter #144: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Naomi Mitchison • 25 April 1954 (#372), p. 70
Carpenter #110: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin Ltd. • 20 September 1947 (#256), p. 86
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin • 12 December 1963 (#1857), p. 94
Carpenter #290a: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Gene Wolfe • 7 November 1966 (#485), p. 111
Carpenter #20: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth • 19 December 1937 (#23), p. 116
Carpenter #289: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Michael George Tolkien • 29 July 1966 (#662), p. 143
Carpenter #234: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Jane Neave • 22 November 1961 (#609), p. 213
Carpenter #297: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr Rang • August 1967 (#670), p. 292
Carpenter #89: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien • 7-8 November 1944 (#178), p. 297
Carpenter #131: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Milton Waldman • 1951 (late) (#152), p. 313
Carpenter #111: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • 21 September 1947 (#257), p. 321
Carpenter #112: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Katharine Farrer • 30 November 1947 (#140), p. 329
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Carpenter #70: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien • 21 May 1944 (#104)

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