The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by Tolkien, J.R.R.; Rankin, Arthur; Bass, Jules

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1976. First Thus. Large Hardcover. Good/Fair. 11x10x1. Abrams, Lester; Jones, Robert; Kubo, Tsuguyuki; Lynch, John S.; Morrow, Gray; Nishida, Minoru; Robson, Carol Ann; Simonson, Walter; Vess, Charles. First thus. Very good in fair jacket. Large chip from jacket spine and rear corner with numerous creases and tears, some repaired with clear tape. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1976 Large Hardcover. 220 pp. Color maps and illustrations from the animated film, including several fold-outs. Clear acetate jacket with Smaug and white titles super-imposed over pictorial boards. The classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a 'little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves.' He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, 'looking for someone to share in an adventure,' Baggins fervently wishes the wiz

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc
• Year: 1976
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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