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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, George Allen & Unwin, [1937]
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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)
The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, frontispiece and 9 plates or illustrations (all but one full-page), map endpapers (printed in red and black) by the author, a few corners turned, paper shelf mark and a few remants of label inside upper cover, ink numeral ("221") on front free endpaper, publisher's green cloth, lettered and decorated in dark blue, top edge light green, worn at extremities of spine and corners, light spotting, upper hinge starting [Hammond A3(a)], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, [1937]
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ONE OF ONLY 1500 COPIES OF THE VERY FIRST EDITION OF THE HOBBIT, published on the 21 September 1937. A second issue appeared in December (see following lot).
Provenance: Casterton School, Kirby, stamp on half-title, bookplate on front free endpaper.

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