London,George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1942. Cloth. Ill.: Tolkien.l 310 pp. The second impression of the 1937 first edition which was reprinted in 1942, with one full color plate (The Hill: Hobbiton Across The Water) and 8 black/white line illustrations; publisher's advertisement to the rear; bound in green clothcovered boards with map endpapers to front and rear. With two inscriptions to the two first free endpapers. Spine boards split and glued. 1942 was the last printing of the first edition of The Hobbit. – Before Tolkien changed some of the text to better fall inline with The Lord of the Rings.Tolkien also personally illustrated the first edition of The Hobbit, so all of the imagery comes directly from him.