J.R.R. TOLKIEN COLLECTION, THE HOBBIT, ca. 1930-1937 ca. 1930-1937

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1 1 1 Chapter 1 "An Unexpected Party"
Holograph
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Incomplete Chapter 1; beginning of Chapter 2
1 1 2 Chapter 2 "Roast Mutton"
Holograph
Begins with: +"Up he jumped and putting on..."
1 1 3 Chapter 3 "A Short Rest" and beginning of Chapter 4
Holograph
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1 1 4 Chapter 4 "Over Hill and Under Hill"and beginning of Chapter 5
Holograph
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1 1 5 Chapter 5 "Riddles in the Dark" and beginning of Chapter 6
Holograph
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1 1 6 Chapter 6 "Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire"
Holograph
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Begins: "He had escaped the goblins..."

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1 1 7 Chapter 7 "Queer Lodgings"
Holograph
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Map in pencil of "crossing the great river" on p. 10
1 1 8 Chapter 8 "Flies and Spiders"
Holograph
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1 1 9 Chapter 9 "Barrels Out of Bond"
Holograph
Begins in preceding folder with: +"It was not long before
they saw..."
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1 1 10 Chapter 9 "Barrels Out of Bond"
Holograph Notes
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Map in pencil on page 8
1 1 11 Chapter 10 "A Warm Welcome"
Holograph
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1 1 12 Chapter 11 "On the Doorstep"
Holograph
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1 1 13 Chapter 12 "Inside Information"
Holograph
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1 1 14 Chapter 13 "Not at Home"
Holograph
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1 1 15 Chapter 14 "Fire and Water"
Holograph
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1 1 16 Chapter 15 "The Gathering of the Clouds"
Holograph
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1 1 17 Chapter 16 "A Thief in the Night"
Holograph
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1 1 18 Chapter 17 "The Clouds Burst"
Holograph
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1 1 19 Chapter 18 "The Return Journey"
Holograph
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1 1 20 Chapter 19 "The Last Stage"
Holograph
Begins in previous folder: "It was on May 1 that he came back."
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1 1 21 Holograph Notes for The Hobbit
from Chapter 5 "Riddles in the Dark"
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1 1 22 Chapter 1 "An Unexpected Party"
Holograph Fragment
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1 1 23 Holograph Notes for The Hobbit
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1 1 24 Holograph Notes
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1 1 25 Holograph Notes
Outline of Bilbo's Ventures into the Mountain
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1 1 26 Chapter 1 "An Unexpected Party"
Typescript Fragment with Corrections by JRRT
8 sheets/pages
1 1 27 Chapter 1 "An Unexpected Party"
Typescript
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1 1 28 Chapter 2 "Roast Mutton"
Typescript (end of Chapter 1; beginning of Chapter 2)
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1 1 29 Chapter 3 "A Short Rest"
Typescript Fragment
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1 1 30 Chapter 8 "Flies and Spiders"
Typescript Fragment
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1 1 31 Holograph Poem "The Road Goes Ever On" and
Typescript of same by M.U. Processor
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1 1 32 Chapter 1 "An Unexpected Party"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
Holograph Title page
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1 1 33 Chapter 2 "Roast Mutton"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 34 Chapter 3 "A Short Rest"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 35 Chapter 4 "Over Hill and Under Hill"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 36 Chapter 5 "Riddles in the Dark"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 37 Chapter 6 "Out of the Frying bran Into the Fire"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 38 Chapter 7 "Queer Lodgings"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 39 Chapter 8 "Flies and Spiders"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 40 Chapter 9 "Barrels Out of Bond"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 41 Chapter 10 "A Warm Welcome"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 42 Chapter 11 "On the Doorstep"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 43 Chapter 12 "Inside Information"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 44 Chapter 13 "Not at Home"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 45 Chapter 14 "Fire and Water"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 46 Chapter 15 "The Gathering of the Clouds"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 47 Chapter 16 "A Thief in the Night"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 48 Chapter 17 "The Clouds Burst"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 49 Chapter 18 "The Return Journey"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 50 Chapter 19 "The Last Stage"
Typescript with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 51 Chapter 1 "An Unexpected Party"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 52 Chapter 2 "Roast Mutton"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 53 Chapter 3 "A Short Rest"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 54 Chapter 4 "Over Hill and Under Hill"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 55 Chapter 5 "Riddles in the Dark"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 56 Chapter 6 "Out of the Frying bran Into the Fire"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 57 Chapter 7 "Queer Lodgings"
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1 1 58 Chapter 8 "Flies and Spiders"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 59 Chapter 9 "Barrels Out of Bond"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 60 Chapter 10 "A Warm Welcome"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 61 Chapter 11 "On the Doorstep"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 62 Chapter 12 "Inside Information"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 63 Chapter 13 "Not at Home"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 64 Chapter 14 "Fire and Water"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 65 Chapter 15 "The Gathering of the Clouds"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 66 Chapter 16 "A Thief in the Night"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 67 Chapter 17 "The Clouds Burst"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 68 Chapter 18 "The Return Journey"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 1 69 Chapter 19 "The Last Stage"
Typescript for Printer with Corrections by JRRT
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1 2 1 The Hobbit
Page Proofs
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1 2 2 The Hobbit
Page Proofs
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1 2 3 The Hobbit
Page Proofs with Hardbound Cover and Printed Dust Jacket
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1 2 4 The Hobbit Dust Jacket
Watercolor and Ink illustration by JRRT
(with printed version)
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1 2 5 The Hobbit Maps
Printed with Corrections by JRRT
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1 2 6 The Hobbit (German Edition)
Dust Jacket and Photocopies of two Horus Engels illustrations
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