This list contains only complete, printed English-language editions of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is not for derived or unprinted works such as screenplays, graphic novels, or audio books.
Introduction
For this list, a printing is a separate edition if any of the following criteria is met: The publisher declares it to be a new edition. Substantial changes to the text have been introduced beyond correcting typographical errors. A publisher prints the basic design for the first time. The dust jacket or cover design has changed appreciably. The height or width of the book has changed. The binding materials have changed.
For this list, a printing is a variant of a separate edition if both it is not a separate edition itself and also any of the following criteria is met: Inconspicuous marks or annotations declare it to be from a different publisher than an edition it is otherwise identical to (e.g., book club edition). Some internal illustrations appear as color instead of black-and-white, or vice versa. Some small change has been made in the design of the book or its binding or dust jacket without affecting the whole design.
A printing is 'not' a separate edition or variant solely because of any of the following: Binding color changed. Dust jacket color scheme changed but design remained the same. Typographical errors were corrected.
Numbered pages means the page number of the last page of the story itself, regardless of whether the page number actually appears on the page. It does not include end papers or advertisement pages, even if they are numbered.
List of editions