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TOLKIEN**, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]: : THE HOBBIT OR THERE AND BACK AGAIN.** [70th Anniversary Edn.]

LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers/The Book People Ltd.,2007.

ISBN 9780007830626.

UK,slipcased,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.(70th Anniversary edition.) [Produced especially for The Book People Ltd.,2007 celebrating the book's 70th anniversary and based on the reset edition which was first published in 1995.] FINE/FINE/FINE+ - book/(dw/dj)/slipcase.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,facsimile 5-colour blue,green,red,and b/w pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with runic characters top+lower edged borders,with b/w lettering to front and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Residue of a narrow strip water(?) stain on lower edges of pp297/300.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked Tolkien's 5-initialled cartouche+printer's device and gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate Tolkien's brown+black map with runic characters illustrated endpapers - Thror's map to front and Wilderland map to rear.Slipcase of stiff card with black cloth covering,beneath the dw/dj's repeated colour pictorial design which has bright crisp printed gilt letters to front+spine /backstrip and with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or rubbing present.UK,slipcased,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus (70th Anniversary edn),v-xixpp+1-300pp [paginated] includes a peface (this being excerpted from the foreword to book's 50th Anniversary edn published 1987),separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,a note on the text,XIX (19) chapters,5 full-page colour illustrations and 9 full-page b/w illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title with black dragon illustration and title page. In a hole In the gound there lived a hobbit. [First lines . . .] In this prelude to 'The Lord of the Rings.',we are introduced to Bilbo Baggins,a comfort-loving,unambitious hobbit who reluctantly finds himself involved in a quest for dragon-guarded gold.In the company of dwarves,his search leads him into many adventures with giant spiders,evil goblins and a dragon called Smaug,culminating with the grand battle of the Five Armies. 'Thank goodness!' said Bilbo laughing,and handed him the tobacco-jar. [ . . . last words.] A tale of high adventure,undertaken by a company of dwarves,in search of dragon-guarded gold.A reluctant partner on this perilous quest is Bilbo Baggins,a comfort-loving,unambitious hobbit,who surprises himself by his resourcefulness and skill as a burglar. Encounters with giant spiders in the labyrinths of Mirkwood and the evil goblins that live among the roots of the Misty Mountains,the palpitating delicacy of Bilbo's conversations with the dragon Smaug,and the grand climax in the Battle of the Five Armies,are supremely exciting incidents.But there are homelier moments too: good fellowship and welcome meals along the road,laughter and song,and all 'the freshness of an early world'.'The Hobbit' is in itself a complete and marvellous tale which may be read to the very young,or given to children of any age to read for themselves.But it is also a prelude to 'The Lord of the Rings', in which the true significance of Bilbo's success in riddles and the nature of Gollum's 'Precious' are revealed.These books - and first of all 'The Hobbit' - speak of the nobility and delight of life. They speak too of the triumph of good over evil,and reaffirm our secret hopes that, whatever the odds,right will be victorious over might. View my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other similar books and other suggested reading in it. Want more J.R.R. TOLKIEN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die,and/or CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slipcase,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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