Folio Society Hobbit on eBay

Here is the listing

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JRR-TOLKIEN-THE ... ain_3?hash=item1e5b25aaa6

Thank you, Trotter!

- wellinghall

I have also listed a first deluxe Hobbit from 1976, unfortunately without the box.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130379575027

- wellinghall

A great edition of this wonderful fantasy classic by JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. This is the first deluxe edition, published by George Allen & Unwin in 1976; ie it is the first impression of this edition. Bound in black leather, it has a multi-cloured dragon on the front. However, please note that this copy lacks the slipcase, hence the low opening price.

Can you change the description please on eBay?, this book is not "Bound in black leather"

Of course it isn't; I don't know what came over me there! Now changed.

- wellinghall

A great edition of this wonderful fantasy classic by JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. This is the first deluxe edition, published by George Allen & Unwin in 1976; ie it is the first impression of this edition. Bound in black cloth, it has a multi-cloured dragon on the front. However, please note that this copy lacks the slipcase, hence the low opening price.

It is a paper not cloth binding on this edition.

I'd have guessed buckram. Shows what I know. But it's not paper; Hammond says 'bound in black cloth over boards'.
(Bibliography; p.51)

I agree with Garm. I would call it buckram too. Buckram is sometimes referred to as 'buckram cloth.' It is, essentially, a cotton or linen cloth that can be treated with a substance (nitrocellulose) to fill in the gaps and stiffen it, giving it that '1976 Deluxe Hobbit' look. I believe that 'buckram' is still consistent with Hammond, as well, since it merely describes the specific type of cloth.

It is a little bit difficult, because the cover on the 1976 Hobbit really is not the typical cloth that you see on all the quarter-leather deluxe editions from 1991 through 2002. It has a much tougher and more durable feel, and is not really susceptible to the fraying and unravelling (like all of those 1990's deluxe editions). So, I can see why one might not want to simply call it cloth, but I think it is wrong to call it paper.

The Folio one is bound in paper, though .

I was wrong it is buckram, so it is cloth which is obvious if you look at the book, which is very useful if you have a copy of this item.