The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 1938 1st Ed/2nd printing

Item Details

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938, Hard Cover

First Edition, Fair

This book is in fair condition. There is a library bookstamp in the front and a bookplate in the rear. The outside boards are darkened. The original spine has been replaced. This book contains all 4 original color illustrations and all 9 black and white illustrations, with none missing or removed. There is a chip to the margin of the title page ( not text is affected). This is a First Edition, 2nd state without the bowing hobbit on the title page and the Chapter VII heading correctly labeled "Chapter VII". A rare copy of Tolkien's classic work.