The Hobbit or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1955

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The Hobbit or There and Back Again is a classic childrens fantasy novel written by JRR Tolkien with the narrative introducing the character of Bilbo Baggins It has become one of the best selling books of all time and is the prelude to The Lord Of The Rings This copy published in 1955 is the second edition seventh impression overall It comes complete with its iconic illustrated dust jacket which on this copy is an eighth impression and green cloth boards underneath that depict Smaug and the Misty Mountains along the top and base The illustrated endpapers depict Thors map to the front endpapers and Wilderland to the rear with further line drawings throughout and a full page colour frontispiece The book is in very good condition displaying just fading to the spine and rear board There is also a small red mark to the rear of the board measuring approximately 2cm in width There are a few nominal marks along the foreedge however the pages within are very clean The front cover of this original eighth impression dust jacket is bright and clean although there are some tears and loss to the spine and rear of the jacket pp 315 A lovely addition to any private library and a must for any Tolkien enthusiastnbsp.…

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Title
The Hobbit or There and Back Again
Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher
George Allen & Unwin, London
Publication year
1955
Dust jacket
Fair
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
J.R.R. Tolkien
Edition
Second Edition.

St Marys Books And Prints

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