FIRST 'PLEASURE IN READING' EDITION, pp. [viii], 279, foolscap 8vo, original illustrated boards, rubbed at extremities and a little pushed at backstrip ends, endpaper maps, the flyleaf with a small cluster of spots to top corner, good. A notable rarity; the 'Pleasure in Reading' series was aimed at Primary School children and also included Lewis's 'The Magician's Nephew', Henry Williamson's 'Tarka the Otter', et al. Seller Inventory # 77749

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Hobbit. [Pleasure in Reading series.]

Publisher: Longmans

Publication Date: 1968

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Our premises are in the main Blackwell's bookstore, one of the largest and best known in the world, housing over 200,000 new book titles, covering every subject, disclipline and interest, as well as a large secondhand books department. The bookstore is in the centre of the city, opposite the Bodleian Library, Sheldonian Theatre, and many of the colleges and other university buildings, with on-street parking close by.

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Waterstones Booksellers Ltd trading as Blackwell's Rare Books
203-206 Piccadilly, Westminster, W1J 9HD, United Kingdom

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Blackwell's Rare Books is a part of Blackwell UK Ltd, reg. office 50 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ, company reg. no. 796591, VAT GB 5325855/39. We can be contacted directly on +44 (0)1865 333555 or rarebooks@blackwell.co.uk.

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