The Hobbit. Or There and Back Again.. This item is unavailable.The Hobbit. Or There and Back Again.

First deluxe edition, first impression. Colour frontispiece, 12 colour plates, 2 double page colour maps at front and rear of text, all by Tolkien. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, vignette of Smaug in gilt, silver and red to front cover, marbled endpapers, blue speckled edges, with original tissue guard, housed in the original black card presentation box with printed paper label to lid. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. The deluxe edition, featuring Tolkien's wonderful illustrations. The box is the earlier (rarer) variant, paper-covered, rather than the later vinyl. A few minor marks to the cloth, box split along one corner, otherwise near fine. Hammond & Anderson, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, A3o.