Nel 1987, in occasione del 50° Anniversario della pubblicazione di The Hobbit, l'editore inglese di Tolkien, la Unwin Hyman, rilasciò un'edizione paperback con la copertina illustrata da Roger Garland. Molte furono le iniziative per celebrare l'evento con espositori dedicati e questi due segnalibro, uno dei quali legato anche a un concorso.
The Hobbit 50th Anniversary
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Hyman/Unwin Paperbacks, 1987
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Il segnalibro permetteva di partecipare a un quiz lanciato
dall’editore con la possibilità di vincere l’edizione rigida, la 16°
impressione uscita proprio nel 1987, di The Lord of the RIngs.
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Hobbit Quiz
Test your Hobbit knowledge and you may win the Hardback edition of the three volumes of Lord of the Rings.
Test your Hobbit knowledge and you may win the Hardback edition of the three volumes of Lord of the Rings.
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Hobbit Quiz
Write your
answer on a postcard or piece of plain paper, starting your name, address and
telephone number, and hand it in to your Sherratt and Hughes Bookshop. There will
be one first prize winner, drawn from entries from bookshops nationwide.
1 Who were
Bilbo’s parents?
2 How many
dwarves were with Gandalf on the adventure?
3 How were
the three trolls encountered in the wood dealt with?
4 What was
the question Bilbo asked that Gollum could not answer? And what was the answer?
5 In what
manner of transport did Bilbo escape from the dungeons of the Elvenking?
6 How did
Gollum come by the Ring?
7 What was
Smaug’s weakspot, and how did Bilbo discover it?
8 Who or
what was Roäc son of Carc?
9 What was
the greatest treasure redeemed from the dragon’s hoard, and where did it
finally come to rest?
10 What was
Bilbo going to call his memories?
Final entry date 16th April 1987
Final entry date 16th April 1987
The Hobbit 50th Anniversary
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Unwin
Hyman/Unwin Paperbacks, 1987
Misure 200x50 mm
Misure 200x50 mm
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