Lot 212 Tolkien. Hobbit, first ed. 2nd issue, 1937.
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Tolkien (J.R.R.)
The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, colour frontispiece, 4 plates including 3 colour, 8 illustrations, some full-page, map endpapers, 2pp. advertisements, slight damp staining with some pages slightly ‘rippled’, original pictorial cloth, small slight wear at base of spine and ‘shelf’ identification on spine, otherwise a good copy, facsimile dust-jacket,1937; Another copy, first edition, tenth edition, original decorated boards, original dust-jacket slightly worn at extremities, 1975, 8vo. (2)
Estimate 2,000 GBP - 3,000 GBP Sold for 3,250 GBP including fees
The second copy looks to be a third edition, 10th impression from 1975
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