First printing in the current US format…1985.

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J.R.R. Tolkien HB DJ The Hobbit 40th printing 1987

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J.R.R. TOLKIEN, Artist & Illustrator

HAMMOND, Wayne G., and SCULL, Christina

31739190327

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Not starting a dedicated thread but for anyone who still has not obtained a copy of Findegil's amazing J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, it is currently £73.68 at Amazon UK which is a rather fantastic price.

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide (UK Boxset) (2017)

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (2017-11-02)

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

31740069753

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Red wrote:

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

31740069753

(Hardcover)

$300000.00

Availability: OutOfStock

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If you have a spare $300K burning a hole in your pocket.

I thought the 1st state dust jacket had a correction for Dodgeson?
(NVM, reading now it seems only some of them had the correction?)

Dagoths wrote:

Red wrote:

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

31740069753

(Hardcover)

$300000.00

Availability: OutOfStock

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If you have a spare $300K burning a hole in your pocket.

I thought the 1st state dust jacket had a correction for Dodgeson?
(NVM, reading now it seems only some of them had the correction?)

They were hand corrected, 1500 dust-jackets, and it looks like at least one of them was missed.

Trotter wrote:

Dagoths wrote:

Red wrote:

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

31740069753

(Hardcover)

$300000.00

Availability: OutOfStock

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If you have a spare $300K burning a hole in your pocket.

I thought the 1st state dust jacket had a correction for Dodgeson?
(NVM, reading now it seems only some of them had the correction?)

They were hand corrected, 1500 dust-jackets, and it looks like at least one of them was missed.

Also .... Ex Libris "Philip Laighton Dodge"
Perhaps this fellow. May he rest in peace.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/n ... odge-obituary?id=13161716

He would have been two years old in 1937, so probably not the original owner of the book.