TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Hobbit.
London: George Allen & Unwin , 1937.
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First edition. Octavo, original green cloth. A near fine copy in an excellent near fine dust jacket with just a touch of restoration to a small chip to the spine. Housed in a brilliant custom full morocco box, with the front panel mimicking the frontispiece. Published on September 21, 1937 with a first printing of only 1500 copies, The Hobbit had completely sold out by December 15. Rare, especially in this condition.
"In enchanted Middle-earth, a small, comfort-loving Hobbit is awakened from his slumbers by a visitor who tells of lost treasure. Before Bilbo Baggins returns home again, he journeys past wizards and elves, talkative trees and treaure-guarding dragons, all swirling in cosmic battle between good and evil. J.R.R. Tolkien's fully realized fantasy world won over generations of children, and dazzled adults with its deft interweaving of medieval legend and made-up languages, maps, and creatures. Tolkien legitimized the modern fantasy genre, and provided the 1960's counterculture with antiwar, back-to-Eden icons." (NYPL Books of the Century 199)
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