J R R TOLKIEN - THE HOBBIT - DE LUXE EDITION - GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN 1979

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- J R R TOLKIEN - THE HOBBIT OR THERE AND BACK AGAIN- GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN -- DE LUXE EDITION - 1979 - SECOND IMPRESSIONBLACK BUCKRAM WITH GILT TITLES ON THE SPINE WITHIN GILT RULED PANELS, AND DECORATED WITH SMAUG THE DRAGON ON THE FRONT IN RED GOLD AND SILVER BASED, ON A DRAWING BY THE AUTHOR. 6 X 9 INCHES. 286 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO DOUBLE PAGE MAPS, THROR'S MAP AND A MAP OF WILDERLAND. AND WITH 13 FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATES BY H.E.RIDDETT.THE BOOK HAS 4 PAGES, OR ONE SHEET NOT BOUND IN AND LOOSLEY INSERTED. THE SHEET APPEARS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN BOUND IN AS THERE ARE NO HOLES AT THE FOLD WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SEWN IN. ALSO THE BOOK IS WITHOUT THE SLIPCASE WITH WHICH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD COPY, CLEAN THROUGHOUT