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J R R TOLKIEN: The Hobbit. Or There and Back Again -a Slipcased Edition ( Slipcase / Box / Boxed Edition in Dark Green Faux Leather with Gilt Lettering and Decoration)
by ( Later Printing of the Slipcased Edition ) Tolkien, J R R ( John Ronald Reuel )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine (see description)/No Jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0395177111
- ISBN 13
- 9780395177112
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1997, 1st HM Slipcased Edition, 6th Printing , 1997. -----------( 6th printing of this US SLIPCASED HM edition ) ---hardcover, a Fine example in dark green faux leather boards, --- no dustjacket as issued, housed in a lightly rubbed Near Fine slipcase, ---outer edge of the text block is marbled green vs the later editions which were speckled green, text on spine and front board is is in English as well as in Tolkien's Middle Earth Elvish ( almost RUNIC ) script --- full page colour plates by Tolkien as well as some two-tone illustrations, two double page Tolkien drawn maps showing Middle Earth and the Wilderland, a nice gift worthy copy of this classic fantasy, no writing in the book, ---LOOKS NEW ---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine (see description)/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by J R R Tolkien. 7w x 9.25h Inches.
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- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170140
- Title
- J R R TOLKIEN: The Hobbit. Or There and Back Again -a Slipcased Edition ( Slipcase / Box / Boxed Edition in Dark Green Faux Leather with Gilt Lettering and Decoration)
- Author
- ( Later Printing of the Slipcased Edition ) Tolkien, J R R ( John Ronald Reuel )
- Illustrator
- J R R Tolkien
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine (see description)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395177111
- ISBN 13
- 9780395177112
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1997, 1st HM Slipcased Edition, 6th Printing
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 7w x 9.25h Inches
- Keywords
- J R R TOLKIEN: The Hobbit. Or There and Back Again -a Slipcased Edition ( Slipcase / Box / Boxed Edition in Faux Leather Dark Green Boards with Gilt Lettering and Decoration)
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About the Seller
Leonard Shoup
Biblio member since 2003
Burlington, Ontario
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