The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, 1986 UK Deluxe Edition

Published by Allen & Unwin, First Published in 1976, 4th impression, 1986

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

ISBN 0048231274.
A beautiful copy of the Allen & Unwin De Luxe Edition of The Hobbit.
This copy is the 4th impression, published in 1986, of the 1st De Luxe Edition of 1976, with the Tolkien line drawings colorized by H. E. Riddett.

This book is normally housed in a publishers box with label. This copy has no box.
Bound in black buckram cloth, with gilt artwork on the front boards of tolkien's 'Green Dragon" gilt stamped in red, silver & gold.
Gilt ruled compartments with Title, Author, and publisher on the spines.
An exceptional copy for the collector.

No names, writing or faults noted in the book. Tiny bubble on the back, guess originally there in the binding process (probably caused by glue residue).
Green speckled closed page edges. Numerous full page colour illustrations by J.R.R. Tolkien throughout.
Maps are bound in, rather than used as the endpapers.
The 4th impression has significantly more green speckles on the page edges than the previous impression. Additionally, the free endpapers are a light green color, unlike the marbled black paper found in earlier impressions.

Overall a Near Fine copy of this wonderful book.

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