Hobbit Back Again Illustrations Eric by Tolkien (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. third printing, original decorated boards hardcover, illustrated, 245 pages, spine slightly faded and rubbed, boards slightly marked otherwise very good in near fine original slipcase. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Room H.

Size 9 x 5.75 inches. In orange/red cloth covers with gilt decor to spine and boards with round illustration to front. Maps to endpapers. With slipcase. In near fine condition. A very clean and tight copy very good slipcase. (Slight handling marks to slipcase). 245pp. With b/w frontis and chapter headings. Folio Society edition of The Hobbit.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. London: Folio Society, 2001-2003, Folio Society Numbered Limited Edition. Full Wassa goatskin leather binding with hand woven pure Indian silk covered boards created exclusively for Folio Society Members, limited to 1750 individually numbered copies, in full leather slipcases blocked in gold, this set numbered 2-6 to all 3 works. The extended set comprises 'The Hobbit' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Two Towers' (sixth printing thus, 2001); 'The Return of the King' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Silmarillion' (fourth printing thus, 2003). ' The Silmarillion' is edited by Christopher Tolkien. 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy is illustrated by Ingahild Grathmer drawn by Eric Fraser, 'The Hobbit' by Eric Fraser and 'The Silmarillion' by Francis Mosley. Calligraphy for all volumes is by John Andrew and the bindings are by Smith Settle of Otley. Provenance: original letter from the Folio Society owner included. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles and decoration. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition quarter leather, silk cloth boards, very minor marks. Page edges very good condition gilt top edge, others clean. Slipcases very good condition minor marks. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition maps or plain (Silmarillion). End papers very good condition maps or plain (Silmarillion). Title very good condition unread. Pages very good condition unread. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2001-3 Binding: Hardback.

Hardback. 9.0 x 5.75 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to maroon leather spine. Gilt maze design to covers. Maps to endpapers. With cream marble effect hard card slip-case. In very good condition in very good slip-case. (SC rubbed on corners and discoloured along open edge.). Small marks to cloth. Some marking to bottom page edges. A very clean and tight copy. 245pp. With b/w illustrations. Beautifully bound copy of Tolkien?s famous tale.

FIRST FRASER EDITION, frontispiece and headpieces to each chapter, ownership blind-stamp to bottom corner of title-page, pp. 245, 8vo, original quarter maroon 'art leather' with matching cloth, the backstrip and upper board blocked with a gilt design by Jeff Clements, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge maroon, tiny faint spot to fore-edge, endpaper maps printed in black and maroon, board slipcase (this slightly sunned at opening), near fine. An attractive edition; the first in English with illustrations by other than the author.