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1976. 'Hardback'. 'Good'. '1979 Second Impression. Good condition. There are scuffs to the edges and corners of the cover as well as some light scuffs to the faces. There are marks to the page edges and a tear to the bottom corner of the copyright page. Otherwise in very good condition with pages crisp and clean.'
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien - H. E. Riddert - 1979
by J. R. R. Tolkien, Illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien - H. E. Riddert
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The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien, Illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien - H. E. Riddert
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- very good
- Hardcover
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London: London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Thus - 2nd Printing. 25x130x230mm. 286pp, fine black cloth boards with metallic red, silver & gold image of Smaug the dragon on front board, gilt lettering to spine. Colour frontis piece & 12 colour plates, by the author, with some being coloured by H.E.Riddert. 2 colour maps. Bumping to bottom of spine, but otherwise unmarked. Tolkiens first novel was originally written as a story for his children, & was thought by the publishers to be unprofitable but a book they ought to publish.. First Thus - 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J. R. R. Tolkien - H. E. Riddert. 25x130x230mm.
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- Illustrator J. R. R. Tolkien - H. E. Riddert
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition First Thus - 2nd Printing
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0048231274
- ISBN 13 9780048231277
- Publisher London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1979
- Keywords DE LUXE J. R. TOLKIEN - H. E. RIDDERT FICTION
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'The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again'
by 'John Ronald Reuel Tolkien'
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- 9780048231277 / 0048231274
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The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again -- Deluxe Edition [boxed]
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780048231277 / 0048231274
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The second impression of the boxed Deluxe Edition, first issued in 1976. 286[+plates]pp. Includes two double-page maps plus thirteen colour illustrations by Tolkien. Light exterior wear to box; date written to corner inside front free endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. .
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