The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Company Year : 1986 Edition : 1st Thus Pages : 317 Condition : Fine Binding : Leather Dust Jacket : Yes Slipcase : Yes Price : $249.99

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Houghton Mifflin Co., c 1966. First Edition, thus (1986.) This is just a beautiful book !! It is gold leather bound, covered with green and red etched, stamped engraving. It is the collector's edition of THE HOBBIT 50 by J.R.R.Tolkien. It has a matching hard leatherette slip case, some spotting on slipcase. Beautifully color Tolkien illustrations. 317 pages. 50th anniversary commemorative edition bound in green "leatherette" with decorations on book and slipcase. 50th Commemorative Deluxe Edition of The Hobbit is in Mint Condition with lovely, warm gold-covered boards trimmed in electric emerald green so bright it seems but recently stolen from the Dragon Smaug's treasure trove by Bilbo, the burgular, himself! From the Forward, by Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien, "THE HOBBIT as first published on 21 September 1937, and this edition commemorates its fiftieth anniversary. Rayner Unwin has suggested to me that it would be of interest to include in it some unpublished or little known illustrations by my father, and also the sole page that survives today of the original draft of the first chapter, An Unexpected Party. That particular page was preserved, no doubt, because on it there was also the first sketch of Thror's Map . . ." If you read aloud, to someone you care for, The Hobbit and the succeeding three volumes of the Lord of the Rings, you'll likely be together for a long, long time. An excellent addition to anyone's collection of favorite books to be re-read, care about, and remember again. Wonderfully numerous illustrations and maps you might have never seen because they didn't appear in earlier versions. 317 pages.



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