J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
Houghton Mifflin Company
1938
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First American edition, first printing, first issue of Tolkien's classic with chapter VII header reading VI and bowing hobbit logo on title page.
- J.R.R. Tolkien (English).
- The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
- Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.
- Octavo.
- 310 pages.
- Includes illustrated map endpapers and 13 illustrations, 4 in color.
- Bound in original tan cloth, blue and red stamping, with bowing hobbit in red on the front board with publisher's unrestored jacket, beige spine with blue lettering.
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Very GoodDust jacket has chips missing to head and tail of spine.
Some wear and chipping along extremities, primarily to corners.
Straight spine with no cocking.
Very light bumping to corners.
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