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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....Seller: maximum-comics(18390)Ended Apr 20, 2023This item ended more than 90 days ago![]()
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


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2023/4/20 22:19:52 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Edited by LanceFormation on 2023/4/20 23:33:58
2023/4/20 22:19:52 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
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....Seller: maximum-comics(18390)Ended Apr 20, 2023This 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.
remy I found a 41st with a Remington cover:
Seller: roguetoytrader8283
(374)
Ended Apr 29, 2023
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LanceFormation wrote:
remy I found a 41st with a Remington cover:Seller: roguetoytrader8283(374)Ended Apr 29, 2023This item ended more than 90 days ago![]()
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.
Seller: kendki-50
(60)
Ended May 3, 2023
This item ended more than 90 days ago

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