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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
Any of you Scandi-Downers know more about this edition of The Hobbit? I'd like to get one! It does look very old (and hence probably collectible and expensive) though.
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The original version was published in the beginning of the seventies I think. We had that in my home when I was a kid. My dad read it to me and my sis when we were really young.
The translation was horrible though. It was made into a children's book and heavily abridged.
But yes, I do love the pictures as well.
Sadly the old version in my parent's home is coloured by me for I so much loved them that I decided to give them a tuning up with my masterly under 10-year old colouring skills...
The book surely is hard to come by as Lommy said. Maybe you should go for the Swedish version?