TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Hobbit.
Exceedingly rare first edition, first issue of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit; In the original unrestored dust jacket
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.
$300,000.00
In Stock
Item Number: RRB-150464
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition, first issue of Tolkien's classic tale, "among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Prichard, 530). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrations after drawings by Tolkien. Near fine in a unrestored very good first-issue dust jacket after a design by Tolkien with the hand-correction to "Dodgeson" on the rear inside flap, priced 7s. 6d on the front flap, corners slightly creased and chipped, spine ends chipped. Published on September 21, 1937 with a first printing of only 1500 copies, The Hobbit had completely sold out by December 15. Rare and desirable without any of the usual restoration.
The Hobbit.
$300,000.00
In Stock
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