Stanley Unwin (publisher)
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Sir Stanley Unwin, KCMG was a British publisher, who founded the Allen & Unwin publishing firm.
Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1946.
His birthplace in Handen Road, Lewisham
Blue Plaque on his birthplace.
The Hobbit
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and
Stanley Unwin (publisher)
…1930s, Unwin published two bestsellers by Lancelot Hogben: Mathematics for the Million and Science for the Citizen. In 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien submitted The Hobbit for publication and Unwin paid his ten-year-old son Rayner Unwin a shilling to write a report on the manuscript. Rayner's favourable response prompted…
Cover of the 1937 first edition, from a drawing by Tolkien
Swedish and Finnish book covers of The Hobbit illustrated by Tove Jansson
Bilbo's role as burglar places him in the trickster tradition of figures like Prometheus who stole fire from the gods. Painting by Jan Cossiers, 1637
Bilbo's character and adventures match many details of William Morris's expedition in Iceland. 1870 cartoon of Morris riding a pony by his travelling companion Edward Burne-Jones