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author=[[John Rateliff]]|<br />
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date=May 2007|<br />
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'''The History of The Hobbit''' is a publication released in two parts in May and June of 2007 by Harper Collins, and a boxed set in the U.S. in September by Houghlin Mifflin. Each volume contains 480 pages and includes unpublished manuscripts and drafts by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. The work presents an extensive study on the early development of [[The Hobbit]], and also details how [[Tolkien]] made revisions to the story to accommodate the events in [[The Lord of the Rings]]. The [http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=1022629 Houghlin Mifflin boxed set] also includes a new edition of [[The Hobbit]] with a short introduction by [[Christopher Tolkien]], a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien’s own drawings and color illustrations, including the rare “Mirkwood” piece.<br />
{{quote|The big project, which I've been working on for years and will finally be sending to the publisher near the end of this year, is a book called The History of The Hobbit. It's rather along the lines of Christopher Tolkien's editions that make up the History of Middle-Earth series (which I highly recommend if you haven't read them): an edition of the original manuscript of The Hobbit with extensive commentary on how Mr. Baggins' story fits into Tolkien's legendarium. It's a big book filled with the entire text of Tolkien's first draft, along with short essays about everything from rings of invisibility or Tolkien's spiders to a detailed account of just when Tolkien wrote the book (which can actually be reconstructed from available evidence to within a month or two on either end). I hope people will like it when it finally sees the light of day.|[[John Rateliff]]}}<br />
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==Errata==<br />
===Volume I===<br />
* David Bratman should be included among the participants in the Tolkien Symposiums<br />
* Kate Latham should be added to the Acknowledgements<br />
* pg. 260 refers to Plate VI, ''Firelight in Beorn's House'' as being in color when it is in black and white.<br />
* pg. 356 refers to incorrect page numbers.<br />
* pg. 400 - "ani-mals" should replace the incorrect "ani-Mals".<br />
* Second caption of Plate III - "Below" should be italicized.<br />
===Volume II===<br />
* Coming soon.<br />
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==Houghton Mifflin boxed set==<br />
In the Fall, [[Houghton Mifflin]] released a boxed set of both volumes of The History of The Hobbit along with the latest edition of The Hobbit.<br />
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== Reference==<br />
* [http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=1022629 Houghlin Mifflin Book Information]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?int_dnd30_Rateliff A Talk with John D. Rateliff]<br />
* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/history_of_the_hobbit.php Interview with John D. Rateliff]<br />
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