One of the finest early copies of The Hobbit you will ever come across. Clean cloth boards, no inscriptions, no markings, unread. The dustwrapper is crisp and fresh with no toning to spine. Lightest wear only to extremities & one tiny short closed tear to top margin of rear dustwrapper panel. The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services? On a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon.
S life is never to be the same again. Far over the the misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep and caverns old. We must away, ere break of day. To find our long-forgotten gold.
Green cloth boards (not the later green paper covered boards) with Tolkien's original design to spine, front & rear board. No inscrptions and appears completely unread. The dustwrapper is in amazingly fresh condition for 65 years old with absolutely no toning to spine. Lightest wear to extremities & one tiny closed tear to top margin of rear wrapper panel - almost unnoticeable. Original price of 9s6dnet net to front flap.The dustwrapper has been loosely wrapped in archival dustwrapper protector for its conservation. A clean and completely unread copy of this early edition with simply an amazingly well preserved dustwrapper. Possibly the finest copy of this edition out there!
The item "1954 THE HOBBIT Unbelievable copy J. TOLKIEN Lord of the Rings" is in sale since Thursday, May 16, 2019.
This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable". The seller is "lincolnshire_old_books" and is located in Sleaford. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.