1937 1st Edition, 1st Printing. The Hobbit By J R R Tolkien in Original Cloth Binding

The hobbit Or there & back again By J. R. R. Tolkien Published by George Allen & Unwin, London 1937 First edition, first printing One of only 1500 copies printed Hardback bound in the original publishers decorated cloth binding with the original map decorated endpapers to front & rear, frontis plate present but lacking the mirkwood plate at page 146, all other illustrations are present & correct. Included with the original first edition is a new facsimile edition of identical size with a new dust jacket & decorated slipcase that fits both copies, the slipcase could be used to house the original first edition, the new book comes with the mirkwood plate Book measures approx 8 x 5 inches with 310 pages + the original two sided publishers catalogue to rear A genuine first edition & first printing of the hobbit in the original publishers cloth binding. A rare title with the first printing having only 1500 copies Published & sold out before christmas of 1937 with very few surviving in original cloth. Please contact us for payment options.