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J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

George Allen & Unwin

1937

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Description

A first edition, first impression of The Hobbit.

  • J.R.R. Tolkien (English).
  • England: George Allen & Unwin, 1937.
  • Octavo.
  • Bound in the publisher's original green cloth, presented in a facsimile dust jacket.


Published on September 21, 1937, the first printing of the Hobbit constituted only 1500 copies and completely sold out by December 15th.

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Some small marks and blemishes.

The spine is a little rounded and with minor shelf lean.

Feature(s)

First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Novels, Literature, English literature and history, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Fiction, Modern first editions

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