I don't know if a book from 1989 counts as a classic, but that could explain those quotations. In 1989 and 1990 Eclipse published the illustrated hobbits in three comic books. I actually bought the first one of those comics many years ago.
Then, in 2001, Del Rey books, a division of Ballentine, reissued the three comics in a one-volume edition, probably because the movie was coming out, and they knew there would be a larger market for such things. I bought the one-volume edition. The text and pictures and everything seem to be identical with the earlier comic books.
I don't know if the comic book edition is a "classic" but I do know Tolkien collectors often include it on their bookshelves. You can still pick up the comics fairly cheap through e-bay.
sharon, the 7th age hobbit
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