First deluxe edition. Octavo, pp., 286, plus chromolithographic frontispiece, 12 illustrated plates, and two double-page maps, as called for. Publisher’s original black cloth; titled in gilt to spine; Smaug vignette in gilt, ruby, and ...

First edition. Octavo, pp., v, [1], 287, [1], plus frontispiece by S. H. Sime. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth; titled in gilt to spine and upper board; white end-papers. Spine slightly sunned; very slight ...

First edition. Octavo, pp., vii, [1], 210, plus illustrated frontispiece and title-page, and 7 plates, all by Laurence Housman and engraved by his sister, Clemence. Complete with publisher’s terminal blank. Publisher’s original dark ...

First edition. Square octavo, pp., xi, [1], 242, [2], tissue-guarded frontispiece and 8 photolithographic plates after drawings by Sidney Sime. Publisher’s original green cloth; titled in gilt to spine; titled in gilt above sword ...

First Folio Society edition. Five volumes complete. Octavos, pp., ix, [1], 206; xi, [1], 223, [1]; ix, 123, [1]; xi, [1], 157, [1]; xi, [1], 251, [1]. Frontispieces and seven full-colour plates by Laura Carlin ...

First British edition, published one year after the first American. Octavo, pp., 159, [1], double-page map within text. Publisher’s unclipped pictorial jacket. Publisher’s midnight blue cloth, titled in gilt to spine, mint green ...

First edition thus. Octavo, pp., 420. Publisher’s navy blue cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Publisher’s unclipped canary-yellow dust-jacket, titled in black and red to spine and upper panel. Small unobtrusive ownership signature ...

Octavo, pp., 254. Publisher’s original oatmeal-coloured cloth, titled in black to spine and upper board. Lacks the scarce jacket. Hinge cracked, text-block shaken, spots of soiling to boards, spine very slightly sunned. Contents toned ...

First edition, in the first state binding. Octavo, pp., [8], 347, [1], [12] of publisher’s advertisements. Original publisher’s blue/green cloth, titled in gilt to spine and upper board, elaborate wraparound centaur design ...

First edition thus. Octavo, pp., 283. Publisher’s faux quarter-leather over white cloth. Gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt decoration and titles to upper board, gilt insignia of the world turtle to both boards ...

First thus. Octavo, pp., 285. Publisher’s faux quarter-leather over blue cloth. Gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt titles and decoration to upper board, gilt insignia of the world turtle to both boards with ...

FIRST thus. Octavo, pp., 285. Publisher’s faux quarter-leather over red cloth. Gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt titles and decoration to upper board, gilt insignia of the world turtle to both boards with ...