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First Edition, English language, fun collector's item, printed in Taiwan. Features Tolkien's charming illustrations.
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"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. No such luck, however; soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure.
The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves--and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. It is from this life-or-death game in the dark that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, would eventually spring. Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone than the trilogy that follows, it has, like Bilbo Baggins himself, unexpected iron at its core. Don't be fooled by its fairy-tale demeanor; this is very much a story for adults, though older children will enjoy it, too. By the time Bilbo returns to his comfortable hobbit-hole, he is a different person altogether, well primed for the bigger adventures to come--and so is the reader. --Alix Wilber
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt paperbackISBN 978-0-618-26030-0
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator). Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2. Seller Inventory # G0048230693I5N01
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The Hobbit
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Condition: Good. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator). Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 16335500-20
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The Hobbit
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George Allen & Unwin, London, 1966
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator). Later Printing. Stated tenth impression 1975 of the Third Edition.Tight copy in bright green cloth, there is an ink line to bottom page edge. Price clipped jacket shows light use, no tears. May not look like any picture at left. Seller Inventory # 046014
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THE HOBBIT
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator). 3rd Edition. Third edition from 1966 , tenth impression. A FINE book in FINE jacket (tiny rubs at tios and spine ends; no chips or tears; trace of damp staining to verso of rear panel)). Price intact . B&W and colour illustrations by the author. A nice crisp copy. Seller Inventory # JD5902
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator). Eighth Impression. Dustwrapper is price clipped and protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic. Seller Inventory # 053613
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The Hobbit Or There And Back Again
Seller: Riverport Books of St. Ives (Cambridgeshire), St Ives, CAMBS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. J R R Tolkien (illustrator). 3rd Edition. 9Th Printing Of The 1966 Third Edition In Well-Preserved Condition. Only Appreciable Flaws Are A Tiny Slit/Perforation To The Jacket Spine Plus Some Very Light Foxing To Page-Block Top. The Binding Is Very Clean And Bright. Has One Neat Inscription To Front Endpaper. Seller Inventory # 102846
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THE HOBBIT, OR THERE AND BACK AGAIN
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator). 3rd Edition. 3rd Edition, 10th impression. A fine condition book with bright clean pages, extremely sharp and clean boards. No inscriptions or bookplates. The price-clipped wrapper is a little rubbed and is scuffed slightly on the front board. Some rubbing at the extremities with slight nicks, but definitely on the VG rather than good side. Very nice, and a really excellent book. Book. Seller Inventory # 008593
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. J.R.R. Tolkien (illustrator). Very Good. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-0048230693-3
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