The Hobbit 1961

George Allen & Unwin 1961 thirteenth impression. Unclipped dust jacket priced 12s.6d, a few spots and marks, spine a little toned, some wear at edges, a small area of loss at the top of the spine plus a couple of short nicks which have been strengthened to the verso with small tabs of repair tape. Jacket now in a smart removable protective wrapper. Green covers with wraparound dragon and mountain design, some ghosted fading, secure binding, some spotting to the edge of page block, the colour frontis has previously been re tipped in, and protrudes 1.5mm out of the fore edge, some browning and spotting to title and opposing pages, tidy pages thereafter, no inscriptions. Good condition. This edition has Thror's Map for front endpapers, a map of Wilderland for rear endpapers, colour frontis plus several black and white illustrations, all by the author.