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
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
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
With illustrations by Horus Engels.
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1960: The Dutch edition of The Hobbit.
Bilbo, those dwarves are giving you side eye.
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