1997 Harper Collins The Hobbit, Signed Limited Numbered Edition - #560 of 600

J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrated and signed by Alan Lee. HarperCollins, 1997. Number 560 of 600.

The Hobbit, Signed/Limited/Numbered Edition, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Published in 1997 by Harper Collins.

Quarter bound in Burgundy leather and cloth volume, housed in the publisher's original burgundy clothbound slipcase.

Number 560 of a Limited Edition of only 600, specially bound and slipcased by the publisher to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first publication of "The Hobbit".

Produced exclusively for Hatchards to commemorate its 200th anniversary, each copy was signed and numbered by the illustrator, Alan Lee.

Gilt title, gilded page edges, and gilt image of Smaug on the book and slipcase.

A fine copy in its original slipcase. The gilt decoration and signed limitation page are well-preserved; the slipcase shows light surface rubbing.

A handsome numbered anniversary Hobbit, signed by Alan Lee and complete with its matching original slipcase.

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