First deluxe edition. Octavo. Publisher’s black cloth, lettered gilt to the spine, with Smaug to the upper cover in gilt, silver and red. Housed in the original publisher’s box, with glassine dustwrapper.
A near fine copy in a very good box, a couple of corner splits. Glassine jacket worn and torn.
The Hobbit (First Deluxe Edition)
Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher
London: George Allen & Unwin
Date
1976