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English Fairy Tale

English excerpt of The Hobbit published in the USSR.

Spine says "English Fairy Tale", cover says "ONCE UPON A TIME..."

Moscow: Progress Publishers

1975

85,000 copies

Illustrated by F.Lemkul

Note that Tolkien is misspelled on the lower dustjacket cover ("John Tolkein"). Images courtesy Marek Śliwiński (elfy)'s Hobbit collection at Babel Hobbits

Last modified: 03/09/20 by Urulókë

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