A new shorter version of The History of the Hobbit by John Rateliff, former TSR employee, is forthcoming.

A new shorter version of The History of the Hobbit by John Rateliff, former TSR employee, is forthcoming. This version cuts down on his commentary but still has the entire manuscript and the later 1960 unpublished rewrite of the early chapters. I have the original version of this book and it is one of my inspirations (along with Christopher Tolkien's work) for going through the Holmes Manuscript.