There and Back Again First Edition
The Hobbit or There and Back Over again
J.R.R. Tolkien's own clarification for the original edition: "If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfy Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and habitation once more, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a lilliputian courage and considerable expert luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the aboriginal time betwixt the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still continuing, and the mountains were total of danger. In following the path of this humble charlatan, you lot will acquire past the way (as he did) -- if you lot do not already know all about these things -- much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and become some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period. For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, possibly considering they as a dominion preferred condolement to excitement. Just this business relationship, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting yr in the otherwise tranquillity life of Mr. Baggins will requite you a fair idea of the estimable people now (information technology is said) condign rather rare. They do non like noise." -
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-George Allen & Unwin Ltd. of London published the first edition ofThe Hobbit on 21 September 1937 with a print run of one,500 copies, illustrated in black and white past Tolkien, who also designed the dust jacket. The get-go printing sold out by Dec. In early 1938 Houghton Mifflin of Boston and New York reset type for an American edition, and included four of the illustrations in color plates. Allen & Unwin decided to contain the colour illustrations into their second printing, released at the end of 1937. World State of war II and paper rationing disrupted the printing, but subsequent edition were published in 1951, 1966, 1978 and 1995, and the novel has been reprinted frequently past many publishers, and translated into over forty languages.
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London: George Allen and Unwin. 1937. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher'due south original light-green textile with dark blue titles and wraparound analogy to the boards and spine, in dustwrapper. Dark-green elevation-stain. Endpaper maps, frontispiece and 9 other black and white illustrations past the author. An first-class most fine re-create, the bounden square and firm, the cloth… Read more
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937, 1937. FIRST EDITION Second IMPRESSION AND THE FIRST WITH Colour PLATES. 1 vol., 7-ane/2" x v-1/2", 5 plates (4 colour), eight illustrations by the author, advert leaf at finish, bound in full nighttime green morocco, ribbed gilded decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, Smaug the dragon gilt to lower correct corner of… Read more
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Cloth. Very Good. J.R.R. Tolkien. The elusive 1938 true 1st American edition, with the bowing hobbit on the title page and Affiliate 7 mistakenly --and famously-- misidentified as Chapter VI. Solid and VG to VG+ in its oatmeal cloth, with very light soiling to the panels, just a bear upon of creasing along the… Read more
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London: Allen & Unwin, 1976. Hard Encompass. (London: George Allen and Unwin 1976). First DELUXE Edition, First Impression. Publisher's original black pictorial cloth depicting illustrative vignette of Smaug to the front comprehend in gilded, silvery and red. Original glassine protective wrapping present and in close to fine condition. The volume itself is a fine example.… Read more
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Visitor, 1958. 2nd Edition/6th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Tenth Impression overall of the The states Edition as stated on the front jacket flap. In calorie-free green cloth with blueish type and cap motif. Several faint splash stains to top and forepart folio ends. One small spot to center of spine. Rear bottom corner slighty soft, simply corners… Read more
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. 2nd Edition/3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fair/North/A. The Seventh U.s. Printing overall and Third Printing of The Second Edition. The khaki textile cover variant of this early on printing with relevant points incuding black and red to blazon and illustrations on endpapers, total color frontispiece, etc. Blue blazon and hat illustration to spine. Phone call number 'F'… Read more than
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LONDON, ENGLAND: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD., 1961. 12th IMPRESSION . Hardcover. VG/VG. owner's proper noun & address to ffep, small, closed tears to the p/c dj.
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London: George Allen and Unwin. 1966. Third edition, 2d impression (sixteenth impression overall). Third edition, second impression (sixteenth impression overall). Original greenish cloth with dark blue titles to the spine and upper lath, and illustrations to the spine and both boards, in dustwrapper. Endpapers with map illustrations. With iv colour plates and eight black and white illustrations past the… Read more
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1984. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-leap in greenish covers with gilt stamping to the upper comprehend and spine, in a very nice dust jacket with light toning to the edges. The covers show some light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contnets… Read more
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Near fine/VGC.George Allen and Unwin,1984. Start edition-third impression of this special slipcase edition. Blackness hardback (gilt illustration on the front embrace, aureate lettering to the spine, small mark on the edges of the back encompass) in nearly fine condition, with original slipcase (small marks on the edges of the forepart slipcase, small nicks and tear on the edges of the… Read more than
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George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Proficient/Acceptable. 1961. 13th Impression. 315 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over light-green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and a colour frontispiece by the author. Map illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. 12th impression dust jacket. Pages remain bright and articulate with mild tanning and occasional speckles of foxing. Slightly more than pronounced to text… Read more
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963. Hardcover. Very Adept/Very Good. 1963 hardcover with dust jacket. Book is very expert condition clean, square and tight. corners sharp, superlative and lesser of spine slightly faded. Dust jacket is make clean and bright, chipped and bumped to extremities with loss to bottom of spine, tear top and bottom to back of jacket.… Read more than
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George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Adequate. 1967. 17th Impression (Thi. 317 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over light-green cloth. Contains colour plates and blackness and white illustrations by the author throughout. Map illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Third Edition dust jacket. Pages remain brilliant and clear with mild tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm.… Read more
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Great Britain: Houghton Mifflin Company Printed in Great Britain, Med. 8vo, & 21s. internet each on grit jacket. No date noted in volume. Dust jacket is clean and bright except for edge and cornerware, small one/two" or less tears. Fourteenth Impression on inside front flap of the dust jacket. This copy is a 2nd edition, fourteenth impression, 1963.. 14th… Read more than
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1986. Hardcover. Fine. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1986 (fourth impression)/ 1976 (deluxe edition)/ 1937. Octavo, 286 pages plus 2 double-page maps (the endpaper maps from the original edition) and thirteen colour plates (with all artwork by the author). Blackness cloth lettered in gold on the spine, with a big gilt, silver and… Read more
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Fine in fine dust jacket Clean, tight and bright with bright unfaded dust jacket, in brodart taped to book. Original $3.95 price on dj flap. 319 pages; eight black and white illustrations and 2 double page maps; 21 cm.. Xx-5th Printing. Hard Encompass Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Tolkein, JRR. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more than
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1970. 8vo.Illustrated. 317, [iii] pp,. Green decorative boards with pictorial dustjacket. Some sunning the spine and edges, with minor marks to the boards. Jacket is edgeworn mottled, and darkened with some loss to places. Binding firm and internally by and large fresh with a small date stamp to the rear illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with both black… Read more than
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Smashing Britain: Houghton Mifflin Company Printed in United kingdom. No date noted in volume. This copy is a second edition, fourteenth impression, 1963. The top front board has a 1/2" by 2" arc damage, the cloth was removed from the cardboard. Corner's bumped, 2 small tears to bottom, rear board. Text and illustrations very good to fine.. 14th Printing. Hard… Read more
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London: George Allen & Unwin, (1979).. 2nd deluxe edition, 8vo, 286 pp. thirteen coloured plates and 2 double page maps, marbled endpapers, bookplate. Original black buckram, aureate, scarlet and silver dragon to upper cover, which has some faint marking, held in the original box with a printed label to the upper one-half, the box a niggling rubbed but sound.
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. Nearly Fine. octavo, 317 pages; publisher's total dark-green false leather, on book and slipcase (equally issued, without dust jacket). COLLECTOR'S EDITION, get-go printing (1973). A lovely production, with front board and spine decorated in red and gold; newspaper characterization on slipcase. Dark-green finish papers and green marbling on edges of text. Illustrated… Read more
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London: The Folio Society, 1979. First Edition Thus. First Impression. Octavo (23cm); maroon fabric-covered boards and leather backstrip, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; maroon topstain; map endpapers; publisher's original slipcase; [7],8-245,[7]pp, with black & white illustrations throughout by Eric Fraser. Pictorial bookplate of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead… Read more than
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Boston: Bookcase Shop, Ltd, 1976. Reissue. Hard Embrace. Very Practiced/Very Good. Tolkien, J.R.R. Taiwanese pirated edition. Faint crease across front jacket console. 1976 Hard Cover. 317, [2] pp. Maps precede and follow text, blackness-and-white illustrations by J.R.R. Tolkien. The classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings. "In a pigsty in the basis in that location lived a hobbit. Not… Read more
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Harry Northward. Abrams. Library Bounden. Good. Former library book; Pages tin can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of habiliment. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is non guaranteed.
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3rd edition was published 1966, and this copy is a ninth impression from 1974, hardback in jacket, 317 pages | book is in fine condition - lath covers are exceptionally clean and bright, no foxing, no spine tilting, no proper name or notes nowadays - a very advisedly read or unread copy | jacket is also clean and bright, with light… Read more
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George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. Proficient. 1961. 12th Impression. 315 pages. No dust jacket. Light-green material with decorations to boards and spine. Map illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Contains black and white illustrations and a colour frontispiece past the author. Balmy cracking to front hinge and gutters throughout, slightly exposing netting. Nonetheless, binding remains firm. Pages are… Read more
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1976. 50th Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Practiced+ slipcase. Low-cal crash-land on lesser text block edge. Faint shelf wear on front slipcase console. .
The Hobbit Or There and Back Again
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Easton Printing. Very Adept with no dust jacket; Grn leather with gilt decorations and . lettering, moire silk endsheets with reading ribbon, gilt folio edges; No . marks or writing, make clean tight binding; owners embossed name on first bare . page; seems unread;. 1984. 2d Edition. Hardcover.
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London: Harper Collins (HarperCollins), 2000. Book and box are covered in matt black paper with silvery lettering and uncomplicated designs in gloss blackness. Box has pocket-sized creases on meridian. The book itself has ISBN of 0-261-10200-one and the text is based on the third edition of 1966. 310 pages.. Second Printing of This Edition. Hard Cover. Nearly… Read more
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Boston, Massachusetts, UsaA.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Outset Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Tolkien, J. R. R.. Fiftieth ceremony deluxe gold boxed edition from 1987 of Tolkien's classic fantasy, beautifully illustrated with pastel colored plates & intricately penned maps by Tolkien himself, plus a Foreword past the author'south son, Christopher, explaining how the book came to publication. Hardcover with… Read more than
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Maine: Thorndike Printing. 2003. Family Edition. Hardcover. 068146576X . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner personalization on FEP. Superficial scratch on rear console. ; ten.0 10 vii.1 X one.0 inches; 483 pages .
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Easton Press, 1984. Difficult cover. Very good/No jacket. Unmarked bookplate on half-title page as issued. Cover is crisp and inside is clean and unmarked. Fold-out map laid in at front.
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Thorndike Press. Library Binding. VERY Skilful. Low-cal rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins non affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s).
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VGC plus.70th Anniversary Edition. HarperCollins,2007.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,modest dents, nicks and calorie-free shelf wear on the edges of the cover) with Dj (very small mark and nicks on the edges of the Dj encompass) in pictorial slipcase (two minor dents and nicks on the edges of the slipcase),both in VGC plus. Illustrated with a colour map within the… Read more
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London: The Page Society 1979. 8vo.Illustrated. 245 pp. Get-go edition thus with the Eric Fraser illustrations. Maroon quarter leather over maroon fabric with a gilt blocked pattern to front end board & spine. In slipcase. Small-scale bump to the spine'south tail and slight darkening to the slipcase. Internally fresh and bright with illustrations by Eric Fraser and endpaper maps. No buying… Read more
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Easton Press, 1984-01-01. Leather Leap. Very Good. 1.4200 8.9800 5.9100. Full leather cover with gilt decoration and raised bands, decorative endpapers, all edges aureate, satin-ribbon bookmark. A copy in near fine condition with very minor shelfwear.
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Thorndike Press, 2003-04-02. Library Binding. Acceptable. 1.0197 in ten 8.5787 in x vi.4016 in. This is a used book. Information technology may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of clothing . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
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Unwin Hyman, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. New. New.
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HarperCollins Publishers. Very Expert. 300pp. 2007. 5th edition. This edition published to marker the 70th anniversary of kickoff publication, includes a foreword past Christopher Tolkien. This edition comes with its own slipcase and then very much has the appearance of a deluxe edition. A lovely, clean, tight fresh looking very good plus copy in a near fine wrapper.… Read more
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London:: Folio Social club,. Very Good in Very Expert dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. Illustrations by Eric Fraser. Fourth printing thus. A scrap faded along the spine, else fine in a fine slipcase.; 245 pages .
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Book. Illus. past Michael Hague. Virtually Fine. Hardcover. 290pp, 1984. Green hardcover, no dustjacket. Golden spine lettering and cover emblem. Most fine with no marks or tears..
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317pp plus ads, 3rd edition, tenth impression, unmarked but pages and front encompass have a very slight 'wave', otherwise very good, dustjacket still btight but edgeworn.
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Harry North. Abrams, 1977. First Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Very Skillful/No Dust Jacket. This beginning thus oversized edition features illustrations from the 1977 picture show. Missing the printed acetate grit jacket. Some shelf article of clothing to the boards. Novel … Read more
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Get-go edition third printing of this collectors edition of the first book in the Heart Earth Universe. A hint of shelf wear. In about fine condition with a fine slip instance.
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New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1978 Beginning edition, Quaternary printing. 220 pages. "Palatial edition of the globe's most beloved fantasy. With over 230 full color illustrations from teh great animated film spectacle by Arthur Rankin, Jr and Jules Bass". Some historic period yellowing of comprehend noted. Some cracking to the spine noted to the… Read more
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HarperCollins, 2000. Well-nigh Fine. Second press of this particular edition, minor book housed in a blackness newspaper box, with a total-colour fold-out map of Wilderland; 8 colour postcards featuring Tolien'south own maps and paintings and an exclusive CD of an archive recording from 1952 of Tolkien reading Bilbo's encounter with the horrible Gollum. In fine condition.
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Hardcover. Expert. Access codes and supplements are non guaranteed with used items.
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Waterville ME: Thorndike Printing, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Nigh Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" alpine. Big-Print edition, very large, sturdy volume, orange covers, green lettering very fine on spine, 483 pages, some illustrations. DJ glossy dark green background below mylar, a color-analogy of dragon and its hoard in dwarf's castle on front end, in oval on dorsum also. DJ… Read more
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Volume. Illus. past Tolkien, J. R. R.. Fine. Hardcover. Afterward Printing. A square solid tight clean very advisedly read copy. Slip cased edition, later on press, nighttime green leather like boards with red and golden inlay on the front end cover and spine with the usual marbling/speckling of the edges of the text block. Nice re-create. Above CP… Read more
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