The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London: George Allen, 1968. Third Edition, Fourth Impression. Jacket laminated, otherwise s fine bright copy in pictorial dust jacket and illustrated endpapers.

Illustrated in black and white and coloured plates by the author.  

Tolkien’s classic precursor to The Lord of the Rings, originally published in 1937 to widespread acclaim, unveils the true importance of Bilbo’s riddle-game victory and the mysterious nature of Gollum’s “Precious.”

This is a clean, well-preserved copy from a relatively early printing, maintaining the look and feel of the original 1937 first edition.