The Hobbit

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1938

A Near Fine copy of the first American printing of this iconic work of imaginative fiction. Spine a trifle toned and slight wear at the extremities, but otherwise a fresh copy. Previous owner's gift inscription and bookplate on the first blank Bowing Hobbit on the title page and misprint at Chapter VII (as required for the first printing), complete with the four color plates and numerous black and white illustrations. The Hobbit follows the exploits of Bilbo Baggins as he joins a company of Dwarves set on retaking their former kingdom from the dragon Smaug. A brilliant piece of writing, for any genre. The book has now been translated into fifty languages and sold a hundred million copies worldwide. "Though all is marvelous, nothing is arbitrary: all the inhabitants of Wilderland seem to have the same unquestionable right to their existence as those of our own world, though the fortunate child who meets them will have no notion and his unlearned elders not much more of the deep sources in our blood and tradition from which they spring." (C. S. Lewis for the Times Literary Supplement, Oct., 1937). Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 6931

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Hobbit
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Publication Date: 1938
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First American edition.