NMLP P-036817 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien · George Allen & Unwin (London) · 1937

The UK Allen & Unwin 1937 first impression is the true first. The US edition (Houghton Mifflin, 1938) is a separate first American edition and -- unlike the UK first impression -- includes the four colour plates. The 'Dodgeson' inked-correction jacket and the black-and-white-only illustrations are the headline points of the true first impression.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036817 for "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036817, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).