The Hobbit or There And Back Again, - PLUS BONUS ITEM: Photocopy of J.R.R. Tolkien's Last Will & Testament
Language: English
Published by George, Allen & Unwin Ltd, LONDON - UK, 1972
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Modern_First_Printings, EAST SUSSEX, United KingdomModern_First_Printings
AbeBooks seller since February 1, 2010
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 652.87
Quantity: 1 available
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The Hobbit is the first published tale of Middle Earth and its vast substrata of created mythology. The events of this story are rooted in an extended history of Bilbo Baggins' world, which was later developed in: The Lord of the Rings trilogy. - Condition and Description: A newly printed facsimile dustjacket that was originally designed by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1937, houses this book. It retains the price of 7s. 6d. net to the inner prelim. Reproduced from the first edition, first impression - printing which had the original error to the rear inner flap which reads the name 'Dodgeson', whereas, later printings had this corrected to read: 'Dodgson'. Enclosed in a durable plastic, archival sleeve. - Publisher's green cloth with titles and designs by the author in black. The spine colour has faded in relation to the boards front and back which have retained the colour green. Little bumped to corners, all housed beneath the amazing facsimile dustjacket.- Within the book: The publication details are pasted over with a photocopied image of Bilbo Baggins inside his house which is called Bag End. It is a luxurious hobbit-hole, or smial, built into a hillside in Hobbiton, in the Shire. 317 pages are for the majority clean and tightly bound. There are a couple of marks to pages 270/271 [picture shows these marks]. There are 14 illustrations which includes the inner front and rear boards. All present and in good order. - A real gem in the literary world. - PLUS BONUS ITEM: Photocopy of J.R.R. Tolkien's Last Will & Testament [he was worth a small fortune!], which consists of 6 pages and it bears the signature of Tolkien several times - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Hobbit or There And Back Again, - PLUS BONUS ITEM: Photocopy of J.R.R. Tolkien's Last Will & Testament
- Author
- J.R.R. TOLKIEN
- Publisher
- George, Allen & Unwin Ltd, LONDON - UK
- Publication year
- 1972
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Facsimile Dustjacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- JRR TOLKIEN
- Edition
- Third Edition and Seventh Impression
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Collectable Children's Books, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Modern_First_Printings
EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since February 1, 2010
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 7 business days | 5 to 7 business days |
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Store description
Modern_First_Printings..... We mainly sell books. Antiquarian, Hand-Signed, Modern First Editions, Hard to find rare books that are out of print. From time to time, we may sell an unrelated item: Perhaps a piece of Modern Sculpture, or a painting or drawing, and if the price is outside your budget; I am open to reasonable offers, so please get in touch with me with and we can negotiate. Regards - Martin
Specialty
Occasional Rare Picture/Print, Rare Out Of Print Books with/without dustjackets... etc, Collectable Posters, Unusual Celebrity Reports [Wills/Autopsy], Original Drawings of Celebrities, Facsimile First Edition Dustjackets, Rare Out Of Print BooksSeller's business information
Modern_First_Printings
United Kingdom
Terms of sale
Martin Bradley - [sole trader] [online sales only] - No Premises Bexhill-On-Sea East Sussex TN40 1SP United Kingdom My email address is: martin.kerr.2021@gmail.com - I do not have a shop - I just sell my books online. Most postage destinations offer a tracked and signed for service and in these cases, this is the postage method I will use. To certain locations, I may only be able to use a Tracked postal service, and will do so, but all goods are sent fully insured so you have the best protection available. At the end of the day, I want my customers to be happy with the experience of buying from me. I guarantee all of my descriptions and will be happy to accept returns if there is an error in these descriptions. If a refund is agreed, the Buyer will arrange to return the item(s) in the original packing or to a similar standard. The Seller will send a refund, when the returned goods are received and inspected. The refund will include postage costs if there has been an error in the description. If there are no errors and the buyer returns the goods because they have changed their minds, the return postage costs will not be refunded. Thank you again.
Very occasionally I may not be able to fulfill our contract as the item may be missing or just misplaced, so I reserve the right of cancellation of the contract I have created with you through a sale. I thank you for this. Kind Regards, Martin Bradley
Shipping terms
I use the safest and most secure postal option on everything I sell and I will also insure your goods in transit. I want my customers to receive their goods as quickly and efficiently as possible. For every customer: Items will either require a signature upon receipt, or be tracked to the point of delivery, or both if possible. Thank you to all....