Hobbit Back Again Third Edition by Tolkien (3 results)
More imagesThe Hobbit or There and Back Again. Illustrated by the Author. THIRD EDITION, SEVENTEENTH IMPRESSION
Language: English
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 2007
- Hardcover
Seller: Carmarthenshire Rare Books, Carmarthen, United KingdomCarmarthenshire Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 45.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. original decorated hardcover, illustrated, 318 pages plus 2 advertisment pages, inner hinge seems to have had some kind of old repair, page edges browned, two small stains to flyleaf and front paste down endpaper (see images) covers marked with small circular rubbing mark to re…ar cover, GOOD ONLY. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B/G.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1967
- Hardcover
Seller: Peter Foster Books - PBFA, Frome, Somerset, United KingdomPeter Foster Books - PBFA
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Condition: Used - Good
£ 200.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Third edition, third impression; seventeenth impression overall. Lacking the dust wrapper. Publisher's green cloth, the spine rather faded, bumped and bruised to the corners and spine ends. A few little splits, including to the front joint and the head of the spine. The boards…with occasional marks and scratches. The front hinge rather strained and loose. Ownership label to the half title page. Fore edge a little discoloured, with some ligh marks and spots to the margins. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by the author, and monochrome plates besides. A good later edition.
More imagesPublished by The Children s Book Club by arrangement with George Allen & Unwin, 1942
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: First and Fine, Ludlow, United KingdomFirst and Fine
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£ 7,000.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1942) The Hobbit or There and Back Again , UK first book club edition using the first edition, third impression sheets, published by The Children s Book Club by arrangement with George Allen & Unwin. Condition: a near fine copy. There are no prev…ious owners inscriptions, names, no bookplates, no stamps. The original chrome yellow boards are in nice shape with a little shelf wear and light tonong to the spine. The lettering on the spine is nicely visible with just a touch of rubbing as shown. Internally clean with no illustrations coloured in as often found. The page block with a whiff of faint foxing spots as shown, otherwise unmarked. The war economy standard paper used for this edition is preserved remarkably well. The original dust jacket is not present. Publication history: In late 1942 George Allen & Unwin printed 1,500 copies of a third impression and 3,000 copies for the children s book club to be sold by Foyles. The sheets were supplied to Foyles unbound and they were bound in cheaper boards without the dragon design familar with the regular trade edition. Also, no maps as endpapers were used. As opposed to Tolkien s own beautiful dust jacket, an orange-red wrapper showing a fat, dandified Bilbo. Tolkien loathed the design so much that it was not repeated again and this book club edition has remained an anomaly in the early publication history of the much loved childrens book. Since the boards used are much thinner and the paper the economy standard it is difficult to find copies that have survived the passage of time in decent condition if at all since book club editions tend to be unloved or discarded. First and Fine.
