Here listed are the major UK editions of The Hobbit.
| 1937 hardcover First Edition
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| 1951 hardcover Second Edition
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| 1961 paperback (Puffin Books)
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| 1966 hardcover Third Edition
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| 1966 hardcover (Longmans)
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| 1972 paperback (for schools)
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| 1975 paperback 2nd impression
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| 1976 hardcover deluxe edition
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| 1978 hardcover Fourth Edition
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- 1937: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, pp. 312. ISBN none - (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien) (First Edition)
- 1951: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, ISBN none - (Second Edition)
- 1961: Puffin Books / Penguin Books paperback, ISBN none - (cover art by Pauline Baynes)
- 1966: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, ISBN 0048230693 - (Third Edition)
- 1966: Longmans, hardcover, ISBN 0582348889 - (cover based on J.R.R. Tolkien's artwork)
- 1966: Unwin Books paperback, ISBN 0048230707 - (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- 1972: George Allen & Unwin paperback, ISBN 0048231053 - (Introduced for schools by R.S. Fowler) (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- 1975: Unwin Books paperback, ISBN 0048231266
- 1975 paperback edition 2nd impression (1976)
- 1976: George Allen & Unwin hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0048231274 - (cover based on J.R.R. Tolkien's artwork)
- 1978: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, ISBN 0048231479 - (Fourth Edition)
- 1979: Unwin Paperbacks paperback, ISBN 0048231541
| 1981 paperback 2nd impression
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| 1981 paperback 2nd impression alternative
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| 1982 hardcover large print
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| 1984 hardcover illustrated M.H.
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| 1987 paperback illustrated M.H.
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| 1987 hardcover 50th Anniversary edition
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| 1987 hardcover "Super Deluxe" edition
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| 1981 paperback 20th impression (1987)
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| 1981 paperback 25th impression (1989)
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| 1990 hardcover large print
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- 1981: Unwin Paperbacks paperback, ISBN 0048231886
- 1981 paperback edition 2nd impression (1982)
- 1981 paperback edition 20th impression (1987) - (cover art by Roger Garland)
- 1981 paperback edition 25th impression (1989) - (cover art by Ted Nasmith)
- 1982: F.A. Thorpe Publishing, hardcover, ISBN 0708980651 - (large print edition)
- 1984: George Allen & Unwin hardcover, ISBN 0048232734 - (illustrated by Michael Hague)
- 1987: Unwin Paperbacks paperback, ISBN 0048233803
- 1987: Unwin Hyman hardcover, ISBN 0048233862 - (50th Anniversary Edition, foreword by Christopher Tolkien)
- 1987: Unwin Hyman leather-bound hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0044400918 - (anniversary "Super Deluxe" edition)
- 1990: Isis / Clio Press, hardcover, ISBN 1850898057 - (large print edition)
| 1992 hardcover illustrated M.H.
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| 1993 hardcover (Cascades)
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| 1993 hardcover 10th impression (1998)
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| 1993 hardcover
?th impression (?)
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| 1995 hardcover 10th impression
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| 1997 hardcover illustrated A.L.
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| 1997 hardcover 4th impression
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| 1997 hardcover 10th impression
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| 1997 hardcover 13th impression
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| 1997 hardcover deluxe edition
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| 1998 paperback (Modern Classics)
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| 1998 paperback 16th impression
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| 1998 paperback 33rd impression
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| 1998 paperback 46th impression
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- 1991: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102001
- 1992: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102494 - (illustrated by Michael Hague)
- 1993: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102214 - (cover art by John Howe)
- 1993: Collins Educational, hardcover, ISBN 0003300900 - (Cascades edition) (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- 1993 hardcover edition 10th impression (1998)
- 1993 hardcover edition ?th impression (?)
- 1995: HarperCollins hardcove, ISBN 0261103288
- 1995 hardcover edition 10th impression
- 1996: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103342
- 1997: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 026110330X - (illustrated by Alan Lee)
- 1997 hardcover edition 4th impression
- 1997 hardcover edition 10th impression
- 1997 hardcover edition 13th impression
- 1997: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 026110330X
- 1998: Collins, paperback, ISBN 0006754023 - (Modern Classics edition) (cover art by David Wyatt)
- 1998 paperback edition 16th impression
- 1998 paperback edition 33rd impression - (children's edition, by HarperCollins Children's Books)
- 1998 paperback edition 46th impression
| 1999 hardcover deluxe edition
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| 1999 hardcover "3D" edition
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| 1999 paperback 6th impression
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| 1999 paperback 14th impression
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| 2000 hardcover "Collector's Box" edition
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| 2000 paperback illustrated A.L.
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| 2003 hardcover large print
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| 2003 paperback mini edition
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| 2004 hardcover deluxe edition
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| 2007 hardcover 70th Anniversary edition
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| 2008 paperback illustrated A.L.
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- 1999: HarperCollins hardcover with cloth-covered slipcase, ISBN 0261102575
- 1999: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102575 - ("3D" edition with 'pop-up' pages) (cover art by John Howe)
- 1999: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102214
- 1999 paperback edition 6th impression - (cover based on J.R.R. Tolkien's artwork)
- 1999 paperback edition 14th impression
- 2000: HarperCollins hardcover in a box, ISBN 0007105096 - ("Collector's Box" edition)
- 2000: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103318 - (illustrated by Alan Lee)
- 2001: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 000711544X
- 2003: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007156987 - (large print edition)
- 2003: HarperCollins / W.H. Smith, paperback, ISBN 0007172737 - (mini edition, contains only Chapter One, part of the BBC's 'Big Read' campaign)
- 2004: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 000711835X
- 2006: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102214
- 2007: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261103288 - (70th Anniversary edition)
- 2008: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007270615 - (illustrated by Alan Lee)
| 2011 hardcover pocket edition
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| 2011 paperback 29th impression
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| 2011 paperback 30th impression
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| 2012 hardcover collector’s edition
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| 2012 paperback film tie-in edition
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| 2012 paperback children's edition
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| 2012 paperback two-volume edition
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| 2013 hardcover illustrated J.C.
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| 2013 hardcover illustrated J.C. deluxe
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| 2013 hardcover film tie-in pocket edition
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| 2013 paperback film tie-in edition
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| 2013 paperback children's edition
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| 2014 paperback film tie-in edition
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| 2014 paperback large print
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- 2011: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007440847 - (pocket edition, also included in the 2017 Middle-earth Treasury pocket set)
- 2011: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103342 - (1996 paperback 29th impression) (75th Anniversary edition)
- 2012: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007487304 - (collector’s edition)
- 2012: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007487282 - (film 1 tie-in) (cover from the Jackson films)
- 2012: HarperCollins Children's Books, paperback, ISBN 0007458428 - (children's edition) (cover art by Max Meinzold & Stefan Hilden)
- 2012: HarperCollins Children's Books, two paperback in a slipcase, ISBN 0007488513 - (two-volume edition)
- 2013: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007497903 - (illustrated by Jemima Catlin)
- 2013: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0007497911 - (illustrated by Jemima Catlin, deluxe edition)
- 2013: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007525532 - (film tie-in pocket edition)
- 2013: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007525494 - (film 2 tie-in) (cover from the Jackson films)
- 2013: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007458428 - (children's edition)
- 2014: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0544422848 - (film 3 tie-in) (cover from the Jackson films)
- 2014: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0008108285 - (large print edition)
| 2016 hardcover facsimile First Edition
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| 2017 paperback illustrated J.C.
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| 2020 hardcover illustrated A.L.
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| 2023 hardcover illustrated J.R.R.T.
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| 2023 hardcover illustrated J.R.R.T. deluxe edition
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In 1989 The Hobbit was adapted in a three issue comic book series, published by Eclipse Comics. The story was adapted from the original by Chuck Dixon, and illustrated by David T. Wenzel. They were bound in one volume trade paperback in 1990, and newer editions have been released in the following years.[1]
| 1989 paperback comic vol.1
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| 1989 paperback comic vol.2
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| 1989 paperback comic vol.3
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| 1990 paperback one-volume
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| 2006 paperback one-volume
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| 2012 paperback one-volume
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- Separate volumes
- One-volume
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