remy wrote:

LanceFormation wrote:

Oh yes, I agree! I just thought it would be interesting to have two 41st printings, but with different covers. ?

Yes indeed!

Here is another book club Hobbit - oddly it is included in a Ballantine Boxset which was not book club issued (as far as I know) - maybe The Hobbit was replaced - or maybe not....

JRR TOLKIEN -- 1973 Lord of the Rings Paperbacks in Slipcase -- 4 Volumes

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That's four now in the past few days of hunting...so maybe not as uncommon as I(we) previously thought. Thanks remy for showing us your copy

remy wrote:

LanceFormation wrote:

Oh yes, I agree! I just thought it would be interesting to have two 41st printings, but with different covers. ?

Yes indeed!

Here is another book club Hobbit - oddly it is included in a Ballantine Boxset which was not book club issued (as far as I know) - maybe The Hobbit was replaced - or maybe not....

JRR TOLKIEN -- 1973 Lord of the Rings Paperbacks in Slipcase -- 4 Volumes

195719796124

Seller: maximum-comics

(18390)

Ended Apr 20, 2023

This item ended more than 90 days ago

That is interesting. It is a little unclear how this Book Club Hobbit was distributed. I quickly skimmed Wayne Hammond’s bibliography and didn’t see the Book Club mentioned in the passage outlining the change in covers.

Also, I recalled there were some minor textual differences within the Remington printings so the 41st could have some text deltas to an earlier printing. I re-found the TCG thread discussing this (which you may remember):

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=45178#forumpost45178

LanceFormation wrote:

That is interesting. It is a little unclear how this Book Club Hobbit was distributed. I quickly skimmed Wayne Hammond’s bibliography and didn’t see the Book Club mentioned in the passage outlining the change in covers.

Also, I recalled there were some minor textual differences within the Remington printings so the 41st could have some text deltas to an earlier printing. I re-found the TCG thread (which you may remember):

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=45178#forumpost45178

I too am wondering how they got distributed, could be that it wasn't so special and was thrown in with the other Ballantine copies, or as remy suggested that this is a later addition.

The only textual difference between the first and forty-first Ballantine Hobbit is the reset plate for page 21, which appeared with the twenty-fifth. The rest of the text is identical between the first and forty-first. The quickest tell is found at page 21 line 8: 'odd-looking' in the older printings, and 'old-looking' in the newer printings.

Thanks oxonianus for the summary. I was misremembering the number of changes. One correction is very minor over all those printings.

remy I found a 41st with a Remington cover:

LanceFormation wrote:

remy I found a 41st with a Remington cover:

The Hobbit By J.R.R. Tolkien (Vintage Paperback, 41st Printing, 1973)

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Congrats Lance. I had a feeling you were determined to get a 41st Remington (despite my best efforts to dissuade you!).

Another...too bad on condition.