15th June, 2023 10:00 Printed Books, Maps, Playing Cards & Games, English Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books

Lot 837 1937 Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit or There and Back Again, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937

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Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit or There and Back Again, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937, 12 illustrations (4 in colour), cartographic endpapers & pastedowns, gift label to front blank, a few light spots, tape residue to pastedowns lower margins, original green pictorial cloth, residue of tape to spine overlapping to boards, rear joint & spine extremities worn with loss, 8vo

(Quantity: 1)

Published in the same year as the first impression. The second impression is however the first with illustrations.

Estimate GBP 1500 - 2000
Sold for GBP 3968 including fees

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Lot 856 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, 10th impression, 1958

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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, 10th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1958, colour frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers, one or two small marginal marks, original cloth, upper cover slightly bowed, spine a little faded, dust jacket, spine lightly toned, 8vo

(Quantity: 1)

Estimate GBP 300 - 500
Sold for GBP 806 including fees

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