J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit (ELT Edition), published by ELT / Unwin Paperbacks, 1987.

The Hobbit fourth edition, 1987 paperback reprint, bound for ELT Publishing, Hamburg, Germany with cover illustration by Jan Buchholz and Reni Hinsch

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit (ELT Edition), fourth edition, 1987 reprint.

ISBN: 3883890332 (noted on the back). 285 pages. 11 x 17,7 cm.
The British copyright page gives ISBN 0048231886.

Illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien. Cover illustration by Jan Buchholz and Reni Hinsch.
Features Thror’s Map and the Map of Wilderland on the first and last pages. Also includes the eight standard black and white illustrations.

Strictly speaking not a British edition. This uses the sheets of the 1987 reprint of the fourth paperback edition by Unwin, bound in different wrappers for ELT Publishing of Hamburg, Germany.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.
Binding is firm. Some rubbing around the edges, corners and spine. No writing inside. Seems unread.

An English-language ELT Hobbit in its distinctive green wrappers, with cover art by Jan Buchholz and Reni Hinsch.

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