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J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again', Londo...

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£500 - £800

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J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1946, 1st edition, 4th impression, colour frontispiece of Hobbiton + 8 b/w illustrations by the author, 310pp + [2]pp adverts at end, map endpapers printed in black and red, inner joint weak, original pictorial cloth (backstrip part detached, slightly bumped/rubbed in places, else generally cloth bright and VGC commensurate with age). The fourth and final printing of the 1st edition, before significant text revisions

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28th Nov 2024 10am (Lots 5001 to 5379)

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