J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit - First American Edition In the original dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First Edition, Third State. With the seated flute player on the title page, and chapter VII title corrected. The jacket is missing the front flap. The rear flap is detached and laid in. Book has library cutout stamp on the title page and the first page of the story. It does not appear to be 'circulated'. No card pocket or other library markings. What remains of the front panel, spine, and rear panel, is in surprisingly nice shape. Please see my other auctions this week