US 1st state 1938 Hobbit (ex-Library) for Auction
3 Jun, 2017
2017-6-3 5:46:06 AM UTC
2017-6-3 5:46:06 AM UTC
AMERICAN LITERARY CLASSIC FIRST-EDITION VOLUME, "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again," by J. R. R. Tolkien, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First edition, first state with bowing hobbit on title page and Chapter VII headed "Chapter VI". All four color and 11 black & white illustrations present. Tan boards stamped with dark blue lettering and dark red standing hobbit. Facsimile dust jacket.
Condition Report: Ex-library with library bookplate, lacking maps, discard stamps, number stamp and inked numbers to title page, remnants of rear check-out sheet, several pages and one color illustration taped, expected wear and soiling.
http://jeffreysevans.hibid.com/lot/32 ... ume-/?cpage=6&ref=catalog
Condition Report: Ex-library with library bookplate, lacking maps, discard stamps, number stamp and inked numbers to title page, remnants of rear check-out sheet, several pages and one color illustration taped, expected wear and soiling.
http://jeffreysevans.hibid.com/lot/32 ... ume-/?cpage=6&ref=catalog
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