The Hobbit or There and Back Again

J. R.R. Tolkien

Published by George Allen & Unwin, 1961

About this Item

Hardback. 3 x 13 x 19 cm. Green cloth with dark blue design and lettering. Original 2nd edition, 12th impression. Dust jacket complete and not price clipped. Some darkening to spine and foxing to flaps. Some wear to fold edges and couple 2-3 mm nicks/tears to edge. (Jacket now in protective sleeve.) 467 grams.

Fading/discolouration to spine and sunning top board edges. Small brown mark to front board and couple light bumps to bottom edges. Some foxing\discolouration to text block edge.

Contemporaneous 'Foyles' bookshop label inside front board. Light foxing to endpapers. Some foxing/staining to title page, frontispiece (inc. verso) and half-title page. Otherwise contents very clean complete with no marking or damage except very small corner crease to tip of page 227.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hobbit or There and Back Again
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
• Publication Date: 1961
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 13W x 19H x 3D centimeters 13 centimeters width by 19 centimeters height by 3 centimeters depth
• Weight: 467 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Antiquarian & Rare Books