TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit. Or, There and Back Again. Illustrated by the Author. London: George Allen & Unwin (1937).
First edition, second impression, 8vo, 310, (2) pp. 5 plates, 4 in colour, plus 8 illustrations in the text, some very slight foxing, map endpapers, contemporary signature to top of fly leaf. Recently rebound in green full morocco, a.e.g., a handsome copy. £2,250
The four colour plates first appeared in this impression, having been prepared for the first American edition which appeared a few months later.
Hammond p15.
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