The Hobbit
Written and Illustrated
by
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Published by:
London - George Allen
& Unwin Ltd in 1972
(3rd
edition 7th impression)
The publication details are pasted over with a photocopied image of Bilbo Baggins inside his house which is called Bag End.
It is a luxurious hobbit-hole, or smial, built into a hillside in Hobbiton, in the Shire.
THE HOBBIT
The Hobbit is the first
published tale of Middle Earth and its vast substrata of created mythology. The
events of this story are rooted in an extended history of Bilbo Baggins world,
which was later developed in:
The Lord of the Rings
trilogy
Condition and
Description:
A newly printed
facsimile dustjacket that was originally designed by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1937,
houses this book. It retains the price of 7s. 6d. net to the inner prelim.
Reproduced from the first edition, first impression - printing which had the
original error to the rear inner flap which reads the name 'Dodgeson', whereas,
later printings had this corrected to read: 'Dodgson'. Enclosed in a durable
plastic, archival sleeve.
Publisher's
green cloth with titles and designs by the author in black. The spine colour
has faded in relation to the boards front and back which have retained the
colour green. Little bumped to corners, all housed beneath the amazing
facsimile dustjacket.
317 pages
are for the majority clean and tightly bound. There are a couple of marks to
pages 270/271 [picture shows these marks]. There are 14 illustrations which
includes the inner front and rear boards. All present and in good order.
BONUS ITEM:
Photocopy of
J.R.R. Tolkien's Last Will & Testament [he was worth a small fortune!],
which consists of 6 pages and it bears the signature of Tolkien several times.
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