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
July
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
Lot 856 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, 10th impression, 1958
“The Quest for the Lonely Mountain Erebor”
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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