Lot 121
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, fourth impression, 1946
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, first edition, fourth impression, colour frontispiece, illustrations and map endpapers all by the author, very light spotting to title and endpapers, pencil notes to front free endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, creasing, chipping and tears, portion of loss comprising lower 1/3 of spine and lower section of upper panel, [Hammond & Anderson A3a note], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, 1946.
⁂ The fourth (and last) impression of the first edition was produced under wartime conditions, the jacket is consequently quite frail and often lacking.
Description
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, first edition, fourth impression, colour frontispiece, illustrations and map endpapers all by the author, very light spotting to title and endpapers, pencil notes to front free endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, creasing, chipping and tears, portion of loss comprising lower 1/3 of spine and lower section of upper panel, [Hammond & Anderson A3a note], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, 1946.
⁂ The fourth (and last) impression of the first edition was produced under wartime conditions, the jacket is consequently quite frail and often lacking.
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