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The Hobbit. Hardcover - 1992

by J. R. R. Tolkien


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The Hobbit tells the famous story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is caught up in the affairs of wizards. His journey through Mirkwood and the climactic confrontation with the dragon Smaug served as the launching point for Tolkien's transformative trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Many of the essential elements of Tolkien's classic saga have their roots in this children's book.

The story remains popular, and stands as one of the most enduring (and endearing) stories of the last century. The Hobbit sparked a creative explosion in speculative fiction, a fire that burns brightly to this day. The revival in interest in recent years, in part due to the popularity of the film series inspired by Tolkien's books only shows the timelessness of his story, and the importance of his work.

First Edition Identification

The first impression of the first edition ran as a limited printing of 1500 copies, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937. Authentic copies with the dust jacket will include a well known hand correction, in black ink, of a misspelling of the last name of Reverend Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) on the back flap. A first edition, first printing of the original U.K. edition can run over $40,000. Signed copies of this edition have been appraised at over $100,000 U.S. Later printings of the first edition also retain much value for collectors. The first U.S. Edition, printed in 1938 by Houghton Mifflin Company, is prized and is commonly sold to collectors at prices well over $2,000. Chips to the cover, a missing dustcover, wear to the spine, and damage to the map in the endpaper, are some of the more common flaws for this book. 

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  • Title The Hobbit.
  • Author J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Fourth Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Book Club Association, London
  • Date 1992
  • ISBN 9780261102002
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London: HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2000. ----- 012758 - The scan you see is the book you get. Black boards with silver lettering design on boards (roughly) 7 1/4" by 4 3/4" (inches) 310 pages plus double page map at front, with nine full pages of b & w illustrations including another b & w double page map near rear, Very Good Plus condition with light/faint scratch marks (minor) on boards, no jacket as issured & no box. This the 2nd printing of a relatively rare edition featuring a hard cover with black boards. . 2000 Edition 2nd Printing . Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by J. R. R. Tolkien;. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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London: Harper Collins, 2000. A solid spine(black boards with silver lettering) with no edge rubbings. Also in the set : A full-colour fold-out map of Wilderland by John Howe showing bilbo's journey " there and back again" : A booklet by Brian Sibley about the writing of "The Hobbit" : Eight colour postcards of Tolkien's maps and paintings of his story : A CD of an archive recording from 1952 of J.R.R.Tolkien reading bilbo's encounter with the horrible Gollum. All in a black box set.. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Tolkien, J.R.R.. 12mo. Boxed Set.
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