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

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

Tolkien’s prelude to ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ first published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, in which the true significance of Bilbo’s success in riddles, and the nature of Gollum’s ‘Precious’ is revealed. 

A remarkably fresh copy of a relatively early printing, matching the appearance & format of the first edition, printed in 1937.