The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again
Tolkien, J R R
ISBN 10: 0810910608 ISBN 13: 9780810910607
Published by ABRAMS, New York, NY, 1966
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Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Good in fair dust jacket. Jacket has been tape-repaired, has missing pieces, now in protective clear mylar. Some wear to cover and pages. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0016302
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The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
Review: "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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Title: The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again
Publisher: ABRAMS, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1966
Binding: Hard cover
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The Hobbit Or There and Back Again
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fair. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1977. 1st thus. Sm 4to Hardcover. 220pp. Color illustrations. Poor book and no dust jacket. Reading copy only. Covers detatched, edgeworn, corners bumped, with some light soiling and staining on the spine. Hinges cracked, tearing the gutter edge of the pastedowns and endpages. In polypropylene bag. (fantasy fiction, middle earth, hobbits, j.r.r. tolkien, the hobbit) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Seller Inventory # DA09C-03830
The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition
Published by
Harry N. Abrams, 1977
ISBN 10: 0810910608
ISBN 13: 9780810910607
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Sutter & St. P Booksellers, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Arthur Rankin And Judy Bass (illustrator). 1st Edition. Large quarto. Illustrated boards, printed acetate dust jacket, fold-out posters. Previous owner blind stamp on ffep, corners of boards mildly bumped. Dust jacket has tears and chips, and front flap has come away from the rest of the jacket. All posters intact, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. A stunning and relatively scarce book with dust jacket, with full text of the Hobbit and large color illustrations from the iconic animated movie by Rankin & Bass. A lovely copy for any collector of Tolkien or Rankin & Bass material. Seller Inventory # 006549
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Large Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First thus. Good in very good jacket. Hinges weakening, minor loss from titles and Smaug art on jacket, 1 inch stain on top page edge (does not affect margins/text/illustrations). 1976 Large Hardcover. 220 pp. Color maps and illustrations from the animated film, including several fold-outs. Clear acetate jacket with Smaug and white titles super-imposed over pictorial boards. The classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings. "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. Seller Inventory # 2340219
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The Hobbit Or There and Back Again
Published by
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1977
ISBN 10: 0810910608
ISBN 13: 9780810910607
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No DJ. Rubbing and wear to edges/corners of boards. Hinges starting to become slightly loose, still fully intact. Light foxing to first few and last few pages. Inner pages clean and unmarked. BP/Locked cabinet. Seller Inventory # ABE-1717011511595
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The Hobbit or There and Back Again
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Harry N. Abrams, Inc., E-387, 1977
ISBN 10: 0810910608
ISBN 13: 9780810910607
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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York. 1977. 220 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Fragile acetate DJ is present but has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (several large closed (6'') tears that have been repaired by tape present). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages. Seller Inventory # 71640
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The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
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Hard cover. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Good in good dust jacket. Shelf wear to jacket. Mild edge wear to covers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0015721
The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Oversize Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Rankin, Arthur; Bass, Jules (illustrator). A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 11 1/2"w x 10 7/8"h. Large format, 220 pages with huge full color illustrations throughout. Art by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass from the film with two triple fold-outs! Scuffing at endpapers. Clear plastic dust jacket has some taped tears and missing bits at top of spine. Keywords: Bilbo Baggins, Middle Earth, Smaug Dragon, Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass, Gandalf Wizard, Animated Film, Lonely Mountain, Illustrated Edition, Harry Abrams, Lord of the Rings, Rankin Bass 2. Seller Inventory # 159828
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Large Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. First thus. Minor blemishes to acetate jacket, significant fading to rear board. Binding tight, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. One of the best copies of this edition we have handled. 1976 Large Hardcover. 220 pp. Color maps and illustrations from the animated film, including several fold-outs. Clear acetate jacket with Smaug and white titles super-imposed over pictorial boards. The classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings. "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. Seller Inventory # 2340218
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Large Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First thus. Near fine in very good jacket. Minimal loss from front jacket titles, Smaug overlays completely intact. 1976 Large Hardcover. 220 pp. Color maps and illustrations from the animated film, including several fold-outs. Clear acetate jacket with Smaug and white titles super-imposed over pictorial boards. The classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings. "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. Seller Inventory # 2344361
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Condition: Like New. Like new with the transparent dragon dust jacket. Seller Inventory # CB141