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Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Hobbit or, There and Back Again.
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London;
Date of Publication: 1984
Stock Code: 14664
First edition thus. Octavo, pp., 290. Illustrated by Michael Hague. Publisher’s mottled green cloth with title gilt to spine and Tolkien’s symbol gilt to upper board in a price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket bearing Hague’s illustration of Smaug. Minor wear to extremities of dust-jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Tolkien’s classic children’s tale brought to life with beautiful illustrations from Michael Hague, also know for his work illustrating Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland. £40.00