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JRR Tolkien Signed Hobbit Christies Auctions! Trade Option! $13,000 Book!

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Binding: Hardcover Origin: English
Subject: Literature & Fiction Printing Year: 1951

TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London: Unwin Brothers Ltd for George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1951. Signed! This book was purchased directly from the famous Christies Auction ten years ago! It is guaranteed authentic!

Owner looking to sell and would consider partial trade for other Tolkien and collectible books.

8° (184 x 122mm). Colour-printed frontispiece after Tolkien, 8 illustrations after Tolkien, 7 full-page. (Occasional light marking, heavier on quires [A] and Q, a few leaves with short marginal tears.) Original green cloth decorated in dark blue with designs after Tolkien, upper and lower endpapers printed in red and black with maps after Tolkien, third [1966] edition dustwrapper printed in blue, black and green with design after Tolkien, top edge stained green, nice condition some minor issues. Special Collection, Maria Assumpta Training College, 22 Kensington Square, London.

SECOND, REVISED AND CORRECTED EDITION. SIGNED ON THE FRONT FLYLEAF 'J.R.R. TOLKIEN'. The Hobbit -- Tolkien's first work of fiction -- was originally published in 1937, and was followed by 3 further impressions which incorporated minor corrections. The present, second edition of 3,500 copies added further corrections and also revisions to the text, including a revised chapter 5 (cf. Hammond and Anderson for a full analysis of textual changes). Hammond and Anderson A3c; West A12.

An exceptional item! Signed copies of this book with provenance are nearly impossible to find. These currently sell for $13,000 see listing for a signed Hobbit without a provenance http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=963309772&tab=1&searchurl=an%3DTolkien%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26sortby%3D1%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3Dhobbit%26x%3D97%26y%3D7

We reserve the right to end this auction early. Please contact us if interested in a Buy It Now option. 

Additional images available. Item needs to be mailed priority with insurance, $75 for US. We want you to be happy, seven day money back guarantee if item not as described, please email first for return instructions. 

 

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