The hobbit, or, There and back again /
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston and New York :
Houghton Mifflin Company,
1938.
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| Summary: | Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy is the 1st Edition, 1st Impression, 1st State, with the Bowing Hobbit on the title page. The maps are bound opposite to the order of the List of Illustrations, as per Hammond and Anderson. Chapter VII header is uncorrected and reads as 'Chapter VI' This book features the 4 color and 9 black and white illustrations by Tolkien. The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy [A14853536248] has "This Book Crafted By: Andre Norton" sticker on first page, signed by Norton. "Andre Norton's copy" is written on the first page. First American edition, first state, with a bowing hobbit on the title page. See Hammond. Illustrated lining-papers. In original publisher's binding: tan cloth over boards, with the title stamped in blue on upper board, and a bowing hobbit to the right of the title in red. |
| Physical Description: | 310 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780395071229 0395071224 |