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This revised and expanded one-volume edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2011

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First published in Great Britain as The History of The Hobbit: Mr Baggins and The History of The Hobbit: Return to Bag-End by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007

All material from The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

© The J.R.R. Tolkien Copyright Trust 2007, 2011

All illustrations © The J.R.R. Tolkien Copyright Trust 2007

Introduction, commentary and notes © John D. Rateliff 2007, 2011

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