The Hobbit — HarperCollins 1995 Hardback

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 1995.

Hardback edition in green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, complete with the original illustrated dust jacket.

The dust jacket features the classic HarperCollins design with the distinctive gold sun rising over the mountains and the decorative gold runic border framing the top and bottom edges. A particularly attractive and recognisable 1990s HarperCollins Hobbit design.

This edition includes Tolkien’s own black and red maps (Thror’s Map and the Wilderland map), as well as the internal illustrations by the author. The runic border decoration appears to the title and contents pages.

The copyright page reads:
HarperCollinsPublishers, 77–85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB.
Published 1995.
Number sequence: 5 7 9 8 6, indicating the fifth impression of this 1995 edition.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Caledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd, Glasgow.
ISBN 0-261-10328-8.

The dust jacket retains the original printed price of £12.99 to the inner flap.

Condition:
A very clean and well-preserved example. The green cloth boards are fresh and unmarked. Binding tight. Pages clean with no inscriptions noted. The dust jacket remains bright, with the gold elements vivid, and is housed in a clear protective sleeve as shown in the photographs.

Photographs shown are of the exact copy offered.

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