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A Visual History Of Bilbo Baggins
Sep 27th 2012, 12:02

Shall we go there and back again? Thanks to the soon-to-be-released Hobbit movie, images of Martin Freeman as Bilbo may dominate our consciousness. But Bilbo has had many different incarnations! Let's take a look at them.

1937: J. R. R. Tolkien's original drawings

1937: J. R. R. Tolkien's original drawings

This black and white drawing appeared in the true first edition of the book.

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1942: Children's Book Club edition's dust jacket

1942: Children's Book Club edition's dust jacket

The dust jacket of the book's popular edition portrayed a very un-Hobbit-like Bilbo.

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1957: First German edition of The Hobbit

1957: First German edition of The Hobbit

With illustrations by Horus Engels.

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1960: The Dutch edition of The Hobbit.

1960: The Dutch edition of The Hobbit.

Bilbo, those dwarves are giving you side eye.

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