The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again Imitation leather - 2012
by J. R. Tolkien
About this 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.
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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.
Details
- Title The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
- Author J. R. Tolkien
- Binding Imitation Leather
- Edition Deluxe
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, U.S.A.
- Date 2012-10-30
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780544045521 / 0544045521
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.77 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 1.96 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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