The Hobbit Or There and Back Again

Tolkien, J.R.R.

ISBN 10: 0048231479 / ISBN 13: 9780048231475

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1967

About this Item

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. The price clipped DJ has large chip to lower front corner, closed tear to the upper edge, is age-toned at spine and edges. Previous owner's name (surname only) to front free endpaper. Illustrated by the author with four full page colour plates, full page black & white drawings, in-text drawings and endpaper maps. The maps are Thror's Map (front endpapers) and map of Wilderland (rear endpaper). 256 pages. 3rd printing of the 3rd edition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Seller Inventory # 328848

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hobbit Or There and Back Again
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0048231479
• ISBN 13: 9780048231475
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Seventeenth Impression.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Books

About this title

Synopsis

A new edition of the fantasy tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in search of dragon-guarded gold. Re-set with colour illustrations re-originated from Tolkien's artwork.

About the Author

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father’s death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.