Tove Jansson

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

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.

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?